Polytechnic To Use Electronic Voting For The Forthcoming SUG Election

• On-line Voting System is a web based system that facilitates the running of elections and surveys online.

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Akanu ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana has revealed plans to introduce electronic voting system for their forthcoming Students Union Government, SUG, election. on the 26th February, 2021.

This system has been developed to simplify the process of organizing elections and make it convenient for voters to vote remotely from their home computers while taking into consideration security, anonymity and providing auditioning capabilities.

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It deals with design, build and test of online voting system that facilitates user (the person who is eligible for voting).

Simple guide to get accredited and to vote using iVoteU platform

1. Go to www.ivoteu.org/login and login with matric number (registration number) & default password which is sugelection2021.

The matric number format is YYYY-PGM-XXXXX-DEPT_CODE where YYYY = year of admission, PGM = Programme type (ND, HND or PT-ND), XXXXX = matric number, and DEPT_CODE = Department Code. Example: 2019-ND-39257-CS or 2019-HND-12345-EE or 2019-PT-ND-4124-MKT.

2.Upon successfully submission of correct matric number and the default password, a one-time password (OTP) will be sent to the student’s phone number. Check phone number for the OTP. Note: if the OTP is sent more than once, use the most recent one to complete the login process. The OTP lasts for 10 minutes only.

1. After submitting OTP to ivoteu platform for verification and authentication. If OTP is verified successfully, then login process is complete.

After successful login, the student will be required to change the default password before proceeding with updating his/her profile.

Upon successful changing of the default password, student should update profile details such as department, email address, phone number and profile picture. N/B: this will complete the accreditation process.