With only hours to the 2015 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained the use of the card reader, which has stirred controversies and rejection by some political parties.



INEC explained the card reader and the electoral process on its twitter handle @inecnigeria. To start, according to INEC, a voter shall present himself at a polling unit with his or her PVC for accreditation, in which an officer at the polling unit shall scan the PVC and the voters fingerprint.



“The Card Reader shall compare both fingerprints, if there is a match, it indicates that the bearer of the card owns the card,” INEC continued.



INEC highlighted four things the Card Reader does; they include reading only INEC’s issued PVCs, voter verification using embedded chip, voter authentication using biometrics and keeping PVCs record.


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