{"id":177054,"date":"2022-04-13T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=177054"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:13:39","slug":"cvr-45-of-new-voter-registrations-invalid-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/cvr-45-of-new-voter-registrations-invalid-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"CVR: 45% of new voter registrations invalid &#8211; INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that 45 percent of new voter registrations are invalid.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Wednesday by INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">during a press briefing in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said the country is now in the fourth quarter of the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) which was restarted on June 28, 2021, after it was suspended for the 2019 general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said while the number of new registrants is very impressive, the commission has a duty to clean up the data to ensure that only eligible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/dollar-inflation-in-u-s-taking-heavily-toll-on-nigerians-twitter-founder-dorsey\/\">Nigerians<\/a> are registered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\">The INEC chairman cited multiple registration and incomplete data as the reasons for the invalid voter registrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cUnfortunately, the troubling issue of invalid registration still persists which we detected while cleaning up the latest registration data,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSadly, it seems that many registrants, either out of ignorance that they do not need to re-register if they had done so before, or a belief that our systems will not detect this infraction, have gone out to register again. This is despite repeated warnings by the commission against this illegal action. In addition, there are also registrants whose data were incomplete and did not meet our business rules for inclusion in the register.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPresently, nearly 45% of completed registrations nationwide are invalid, rising to as high as 60% or more in some states. This infraction happened in all states of the federation. No state is immune from it. These invalid registrations will not be included in the register of voters. This development is worrisome because of the time and resources expended in handling these cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201dAs we have repeatedly explained, if you had at any time in the past registered to vote, you do not have to reregister. If you have registered in the past, you should not get involved in the CVR again unless you have had problems with your PVC or fingerprint recognition during accreditation in any previous election. In that case, all you need to do is to revalidate your registration by visiting a designated registration centre to recapture your fingerprints and picture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that 45 percent of new voter registrations are invalid. This was made known on Wednesday by INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu\u00a0during a press briefing in Abuja. 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