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PVC: How You Can Vote If You Have Relocated by shenney: 8:00am On Mar 16, 2015
Many Nigerians would not vote in the forthcoming
general elections simply because they have relocated
from where they were originally registered. That,
however, needs not be the case as the Electoral Act
and the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC have instituted regulations to guide the transfer
of voters from one constituency to the other.
The essence of such transfer is to ensure that no
Nigerian loses his right to decide on who should
govern him under the nation’s democratic culture
and it is because of this that the commission advises
voters to register at the polling station nearest to
them so that the polling station would be easily
accessible on Election Day.
Whether you have relocated from one state to
another or within the same state, the same
regulations guide the transfer of a voter from one
constituency to another.
Section 13 of the Electoral Act as amended provides
the regulations to guide voters on transferring their
voter’s cards from one polling station to the other.
First, the person must write an letter to INEC stating
where he/she currently resides and the applicant
should attach the present voter’s card to prove the
claim.
The application should be addressed to the nearest
INEC office at the local government or state level.
Upon receipt of the application, the Resident
Electoral Commissioner will direct the Electoral
Officer of the applicant’s local government area to
enter his/her name in the transferred voters list.
Afterwards, the Electoral officer will assign the
applicant to a polling unit in his constituency and the
applicant will be issued with a new voters card. The
previous voters card will be retrieved by the
Electoral Officer
However, all applications for transfer must be
submitted at least 30 days before the date of
election. It thus means that anyone that has not
commenced the process now is ineligible to vote.

Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/pvc-how-you-can-vote-if-you-have-relocated/
Re: PVC: How You Can Vote If You Have Relocated by timilehing(m): 8:06am On Mar 16, 2015
I've wanted to ask too
Re: PVC: How You Can Vote If You Have Relocated by djembapat(m): 8:13am On Mar 16, 2015
good

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