- A Voter must first have his/her PVC and appear in person on Election day at the Polling Unit where he/she is registered at the stipulated time; between 8:00am and 2:00pm
- Voting in Nigeria is in accordance with the Continuous Accreditation and Voting System (CAVS) procedures.
- Accreditation and voting commences at 8:00am. Voters are therefore expected to queue up in an orderly manner,
- The Smart Card Reader is used to verify and authenticate the PVCs presented by Voter seeking to be accredited to confirm that his/her name is in the register of voters in that unit and that he/she is the rightful owner of the card
- The official then crosschecks the name in the register and ticked on the left side of the register after the confirmation
- Indelible ink is applied on the appropriate finger of the voter’s left hand
- The Voter is issued with a ballot paper and directed to a cubicle to make his/her choice by thumb/finger printing against their preferred Party/ Candidate on the Ballot paper in secret and thereafter drop the ballot into the ballot box in the full view of all present.
- Accreditation and voting closes at 2:00pm. A security Personnel is expected to stand before the last person on the queue to prevent any other person joining. However, everyone present on the queue as at 2:00pm will be attended to
- When the last voter on the queue has voted, the ballots are sorted, counted and the votes scored by each contesting Party/Candidate as well as the rejected/ spoilt ballots are announced and filled into the result sheet
- The result is also entered into the Form EC 60 E and pasted at the Polling Unit
- The result is then taken to the various level of collation for computation
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