As 2015 general election is fast approaching, it is necessary for us to know the do's Abd don'ts of the election, else we don't contravene the law. Here are the accreditation procedure, election procedure, announcement of each ward winner and more.

VOTING
• Voting will take place on a date to be
determined by the INEC.
ACCREDITATION
• Polling units will be open from 8 am.
• Polling units will open at 8 am for
Accreditation and close at 12 noon.
• Voting starts 12:30 pm.
• You must vote in the same Polling Unit you
completed your Voter Registration.
THE VOTER- WHO IS HE/SHE?
• S/He is a Nigerian citizen.
• S/He is 18 years and above.
• S/He has registered in the constituency
where he intends to vote.
• S/He possesses a registration card obtained
during voters’ registration.
HOW VOTER CAN VERIFY REGISTRATION
• A voter is expected to check the register of
voters to ascertain that his name is included.
• That his name was correctly spelt and
written.
• This is done when the register is displayed
for inspection.
PERSONS WHO CANNOT VOTE
• The following persons cannot vote at
election.
• All persons below the age of 18 years.
• All non-Nigerians.
• All persons who did not register as voters.
• All persons who do not hold a voter
registration card.
• All persons whose names are not in the
voters register.
WHERE TO VOTE
• Voting takes place at polling stations/units.
• A voter is expected to cast his vote at the
polling unit where his name is on the voter
register.
• A voter is expected to identfy his polling
station where his name is on the voter
register.
• A polling unit nearest to the residence of the
voter.
HOW TO VOTE:
• Voting will be by Open Secret Ballot System.
• Your vote is secret because no one will see
which candidate you choose.
• You will mark your ballot behind a polling
screen secretly.
• Apply your finger print only in one circle/
space which corresponds to the candidate of
your choice.
PROCEDURE: PREPARING FOR VOTING:
• The Presiding Officer (PO) shall:
• Explain the voting procedure to the voters.
• Invite all voters accreditated to form a single
queue.
• Where culture does not allow men and
women to mingle in a queue, separate queues
are created for men and women.
• The PO shall count loudly the number of
accredited voters in the queue, and record the
number.
COMMENCEMENT OF VOTING:
• At the commencement of voting, the PO
shall:
• Invite the voters on queue to approach the
poll clerk (PC) in an orderly manner.
• On presentation of voter’s card, the PC shall:
• Check appropriate cuticle thumbnail of voter
and when he is satisfied that the person has
been duly accredited.
• Tick the voters’ register on the right hand
side of voter’s name.
• Indicating that he has voted.
• Apply indelible ink on the cuticle of the
voter’s appropriate thumbnail.
• The Poll Assistant (PA) shall apply ink to
the next finger of the respective hand
• Voters who have no Right/Left hand, the PA
shall:
• Apply the ink to the corresponding toes of
the voter’s Right/Left foot.
• Voters have neither fingers nor toes:
• Ink shall be applied on the corresponding
toes of the persons assisting them.
ISSUANCE OF BALLOT PAPER AND VOTING:
• The voter shall present himself to the Polling
official (PO).
• The PO shall stamp and sign the back of
ballot paper.
• Fold the ballot paper vertically with the
printed side inwards.
• Issue the signed, stamped ballot paper to the
voter.
• The voter moves to the voting cuticle.
• Mark the ballot paper in the space provided
beside the party logo of the voters’ choice
• Fold the ballot paper.
• Deposit the marked ballot paper into the
ballot box.
• Marking of ballot paper by voter must be
done in secret.
• Depositing the ballot paper in the ballot box
in open view of all persons present.
• Only one voter at a time to the voting
cubicle.
OFFENCES ON ELECTION DAY:
PART VIII SC. 129 (1) states that:
1. No person shall on the date an election is
held do any of the following acts or things in a
polling unit or within a distance of 300 metres
of a polling unit-
(a) Canvass for votes;
(b) Solicit for the vote of any voter
(c) Persuade any voter not to vote for any
particular candidate;
(d) Persuade any voter not to vote at any
election;
(e) Shout slogans concerning the election;
(f) Be in possession of any offensive weapon
or wear any dress or have any facial or other
decoration which in any event is calculated to
intimidate voters;
(g) Exhibit, wear or tender any notice, symbol
photograph or party card referring to the
election;
(h) Use any vehicle bearing the colour or
symbol of a political party by any means
whatever;
(i) Loiter without lawful excuse after voting or
after being refused to vote;
(j) Snatch or destroy any election materials;
and
(k) Blare siren
“Any person who contravens any of the
provisions of this section commits an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
N100,000 or imprisonment for 6 months for
every such offence”.

Source: http://www.inecnigeria.org/?page_id=22