1 Q: What is a Temporary Voter’s Card?
A: it is a temporary identification card
issued to a voter at the point of registration. It also contains the
bio-data, biometrics and facial image of the voter. It will be submitted
for exchange with a Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) when the PVC is ready
for collection.
A: It is the card used for identification
and authentification of voters during elections. It is a smart
card-based voter Identification. It stores voter’s information such as
bio-data, biometrics and facial image. The card technology provides
adequate security features to reduce vulnerability to counterfeiting.
A: PVC distribution will be at the Polling Unit where the prospective voter registered or designated distribution centre.
A: Those who are unable to collect their
PVC during the specified period shall, thereafter, collect them from the
INEC office in the LGA where they registered.
A: No, only those who registered before now can get a PVC.
A: Sorry, go and re-register.
A: You can vote with your TVC.
A: You can’t vote without your PVC, you
have to apply for a new PVC to the REC through the Electoral Officer in
LGA, where you registered.
A: no collection by proxy.
A: Yes, by approaching the Electoral
Officer responsible for your LGA not less than thirty (30) days before
Election Day. If satisfied that the original voter’s Card is indeed
lost, defaced or in any other way unusable, the EO will issue a new Card
that is clearly marked “Duplicate”.
A: Yes, you can transfer your polling
unit within the state and even outside state. You can transfer your
polling unit by applying to the REC through the Electoral Officer in
LGA, where you want to transfer using Form EC TF. 01.
A: Yes you can. If you are eligible to
register then you can request for a transfer at a later date by applying
to the REC through Electoral Officer in LGA, where you want to transfer
to using Form EC TF.01.
A: No you cannot, because according to
the Electoral Law, only people that are 18 years of age at the time of
Registration are allowed to register for the poll.
FAQs ON ELECTORAL CONCEPTS
1. Q: What is Accreditation?
A: The process of verifying the eligibility of a prospective voter before voting commences
A: A transparent box in which voters drop their ballot
A: A paper on which a voter marks his/her choice
A: An election to replace a Member of
Parliament or Legislature occasioned by death, resignation or vacancy
arising from a recall.
A: An inventory of items required for voting exercise
A: A number of polling units located in an area for easy management
A: Tabulation or summation of voters cast at an election
A: A designated place where election results are summed up for each candidates
A: A geographical area represented by an elected person
A: The act of choosing by one candidate out of many through secret vote
A: Elections conducted in the Federation at large for Federal and State Elective positions.
A: A level of government in the Federation
A: The process of voting at an election and number of votes cast in an election.
A: A designated location where registered voters cast their votes on Election Day.
A: The list of persons eligible to vote at an election.
A: A defined geographical area covering a number of Polling Units.
A: An election conducted when the first election failed to produce a clear winner, for the positions of President and Governor.
A: A Non-sensitive material is an
essential material needed with no security or classified information. It
does not bear directly on the conduct of the election and is not used
to determine the end result. For example, envelopes indelible ink,
voting cubicles, ballot box seals, posters, twine, etc.
A: A Sensitive Material is a security
material with classified information in an election and bears directly
on the conduct of the election as it is used to determine the end
result. For example, Form EC8 A (Statement of Result of Poll from
Polling Stations)
A: Form EC. 8A is important because it is
used to record the votes scored by political parties fielding
candidates in an election, at the polling station level. Results of
votes at this level are collated and counted to determine a winner.
A: Form EC. 8E (Declaration of Result
Form) is important because it is the form on which the winner at an
election is declared and returned.
A: A torn or damaged ballot paper that cannot be used for voting
A: A vote cast by a voter whose right to vote has been used by another voter.
A: A unique number assigned to a voter on registration
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTORAL POSITIONS
1. Q: Who is an Administrative Secretary?
A: The Administrative Secretary assists
the REC in implementing the policies of the Commission and overseeing
the administration of the State offices of INEC.
A: Any person seeking to be registered as a voter (used interchangeably with the term “registrant”
A: An Official who assists the Presiding
Officer in a polling station on Election Day and in charge of a voting
point assigned to him/her
4. Q: Who is an Assistant Registration Officer (ARO)?
A: An Official who is responsible for the
registration activities at each registration centre. There are usually
three of such officers in the registration centre (that is, ARO I, ARO
II and ARO III) with specific functions, however, the ARO I is the
overall head of the registration centre.
5. Q: Who is a Collation Officer (CO)?
A: A designated Official who receives
election results for tabulation and summation. He/she may be appointed
to serve at either the Ward/Registration Area, Constituency, LGA, State
or National levels.
6. Q: Who is an Election Official?
A: An Officer of the Commission, or designated by the Commission and charged with the conduct and supervisor of an election
7. Q: Who is an Electoral Officer (EO)?
A: A staff of the Commission who heads the Commission’s office at the Local Government Area or Area Council level.
8. Q. Who is a Party Agent?
A: A representative of a political party at a Collation Centre.
9. Q: Who is a Polling Agent?
A: Any person appointed by a political party to represent it at a polling station to observe the conduct of election.
10. Q: Who is a Poll Official?
A: Any officer of the Commission engaged in the conduct of poll at an election.
11. Q: Who is a Presiding Officer (PO)?
A: A poll official in charge of the
conduct of elections in a Polling Unit on Election Day, and oversees the
voting points under his/her jurisdiction on Election Day
12. Q: Who is a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)?
A: An election official who is in charge
of all elections and election-related activities in a state. He/she is
responsible to the INEC HQ.
13. Q: Who is a Returning Officer (RO)?
A: An election official who collates and declares the results of an election and returns the winner of the election.
14. Q: Who is a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO)?
A: A Poll Official who supervises the conduct of an election in a cluster of Polling Units.
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