As we all know, elections are just a few days away. As you vote for your preferred candidates, it’s important to follow INEC’s guidelines on voting right so your votes are not voided for one reason or the other.

Follow these 10 steps to voting right come Saturday, March 28, 2015

1. Walk up to the Assistant Presiding Officer 3 (APO3) of your Polling Unit to confirm that you are at the right polling unit.
2. If successful with STEP 1, approach the Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO1) who will read your PVC with a card reader and match it with your thumb print
3. Confirm if your name and Voter Identification Number are contained in that polling unit’s voters’ register by presenting yourself to the Assistant Presiding Officer 2 (APO2)
4. The Assistant Presiding Officer 2 (APO2) will then apply ink to the appropriate finger on your hand and then give you your voter accreditation tag. You would now leave the Polling Unit BUT should return by 1:00pm for the brief on how to vote.
5. Join the queue by 1:30pm or whenever the presiding officer announces the commencement of voting.
6. When it gets to your turn, walk up to the Assistant Presiding Officer 2 who will mark your right thumb with ink and then hand you your ballot papers for voting.
7. Head to the voting cubicle where you will secretly thumbprint for the party you want on your ballot paper secretly. Make sure the ink on your finger does not stain any other part of the ballot paper.
8. Your ballot papers should then be folded vertically. Meet the Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO1) who will guide you on the right boxes to drop your ballot paper.
9. Move away from the immediate voting area so as to create room for other voters to cast their ballot.
10. You may choose to stay around the polling unit so as to observe the sorting, counting of votes and the announcement of results.
Trading your vote is tantamount to trading your future. Do not trade your vote. Remember to stay peaceful, stay safe and stay out of trouble! Your life is important!

THIS MESSAGE IS SPONSORED BY THE IHAVEDECIDED MOVEMENT.