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<p>The Nigerian Senate has rejected proposed amendments that would have made electronic transmission of election results compulsory, opting instead to retain the existing provisions from the 2022 Electoral Act.</p>
<p>During plenary session on Wednesday, senators considered the Bill for an Act to Repeal the Electoral Act No. 13, 2022, and Enact the Electoral Act, 2025. A key proposed clause (new Clause 60(5)) that would have required presiding officers to electronically transmit polling unit results in real time to INEC&#8217;s IReV portal after completing Form EC8A was rejected.</p>
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<p>The Senate retained the 2022 framework, which mandates manual completion, signing, stamping, and distribution of results to party agents and security personnel, with results announced at polling units and transferred &#8220;in a manner as prescribed by the Commission&#8221; – without mandating electronic transmission.</p><div class="6BD569TV" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Senators also rejected Clause 47, which sought to allow electronically-generated voter identification (such as downloadable voter cards with QR codes) for accreditation.</p>
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<p>The requirement to present a physical Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) remains in place, while the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) or other INEC-prescribed devices for verification was upheld.</p>
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