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Yesterday Tuesday 11th July 2023 at plenary, the Bill for the amendment of the 2022 Electoral Act sponsored by Rt. Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive, passed first reading.

The sponsored amendments to the extant Act include the following-

1. A new subsection is added to section 10 of the Act with the aim of providing for a re-registration exercise every 10yrs in preparation for the next general elections. This exercise should not rely on existing Voters Register but aimed at creating a completely new Register

2. Under section 28 a new paragraph c was added to provide for general elections to take place on same day instead of the current practice of having the elections into the Federal offices separate from that of the State offices.

3. Section 47 was amended by inserting a new subsection 3 which makes it impossible for anyone not captured by the accreditation device to vote at the polls. That is no accreditation no voting.

4. Section 60 (5) was amended to specifically provide for electronic transmission of election results.

5. Section 130 sub section 2 was replaced with a new subsection 2 which provides for huge fines to be imposed on any petitioner who presents a frivolous petition before the Election Tribunals after elections are concluded.