GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the senate on Wednesday passed the Electoral Act amendment bill after a five-hour clause-by-clause deliberation.
The bill was the only item listed on the order paper after a valedictory session for the late Okey Ezea and was approved by the committee of the whole following consideration and adoption of its 155 clauses.
Lawmakers amended some of the provisions, while the majority of the clauses were retained as originally proposed.
One of the amendments reduced the timeline for the Independent National Electoral Commission to publish a notice of election from 360 days to 180 days.
The senate also ruled out real-time transmission of election results and retained the provision for electronic transfer of results as provided for in the 2002 Electoral Act.
The amendment, according to Channels Television would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit results electronically from each polling unit to the INEC Result Viewing (IREV) portal in real time, after the prescribed Form EC8A had been signed and stamped by the presiding officer and countersigned by party agents.
Instead, the Senate adopted the existing provision of the Electoral Act, which states that “the presiding officer shall transfer the results, including the total number of accredited voters and the results of the ballot, in a manner as prescribed by the Commission.”
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