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2023: INEC Addresses Voters’ Concerns About Double Registration

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2 years ago

Dec 26, 2022.

INEC has noted that double registration won’t stop electorates from voting in the 2023 election.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said those who carried out double registration are not entitled to a new permanent voters card.

The electoral body, however, noted that double registration won’t stop the electorates from voting in the forthcoming general election.

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In a chat with Punch on Sunday, the National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stressed that the commission didn’t print new PVCs for double registrants ahead of the 2023 general election.

Okoye noted that INEC has decided to retain their previous valid registration in order not to completely disenfranchise them.

The INEC official, however, added that those who engaged in double registration and possess multiple PVCs have committed an electoral offense.

“Only registrants that met the constitutional and legal requirements for registration will collect their Permanent Voter Cards. Those that engaged in double and multiple registrations are not entitled to new Permanent voter Cards and the commission did not print their cards”, he said.

“The commission decided to retain their previous valid registration in order not to completely disenfranchise them and such individuals can vote with their previous cards.

“Individuals that engage in double and multiple registrations and who go to the collection centers to cause confusion, insult, and assault some of our staff risk arrest and prosecution.