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By Joseph Ayinde
The Senate said its recent committal proceedings carried out on the 2010 Electoral Act (amendments) Bill 2021 would enable the Independent National Electoral Commission to make use of electronic voting machines whenever it had the capacity to do so.
The spokesperson for the red chamber, who is also a member of the Conference Committee on the Electoral Act, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stated this while giving explanations on the latest action of the Senate on the proposed legislation.
He said the amended Section 43 of the Act sought to introduce electronic voting machines as one of the materials that an agent of a party would be entitled to inspect.
Basiru said, “The section also empowers INEC to provide, whenever they have the competence to do so, electronic voting machines for elections.
“The amendment to Section 43(2) relates to two subsections. For instance, Section 43(1) now reads that the commission (INEC) shall provide suitable boxes, electronic voting machines or any other voting device for the conduct of elections.
