Senate Approves E-Transmission with Manual Backup
The Nigerian Senate has amended the Electoral Act to allow electronic transmission of election results as the primary method, while retaining manual backup procedures for technical failures.
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Senate Approves Electronic Election Results Transmission
The Nigerian Senate has approved real-time electronic transmission of election results to INEC's IReV portal, with Form EC8A serving as backup in case of transmission failures.
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