E-voting: INEC To Adopt Technological Tools in 2021, seeks cancellation of Bye-Elections

Declares no face masks no voting in Ondo and Edo States

By Tunde Olorungbotemi

In the new advance ages of technology being witnessed through the cause of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it would be adopting more technological tools in discharging its mandate, disclosing of its resolve to pioneer electronic voting in the country by 2021.









This was as the electoral umpire decried the rising cost of elections in the country, saying it would be liaising with the National Assembly to see how political parties can nominate replacements for dead representatives in line with a Supreme Court judgment that votes belong to the parties and not individuals.


INEC disclosed this in a document released Monday in Abuja which was tagged, “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic”, and signed by its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.









Meanwhile, the commission also added that it would made face masks compulsory for voting in the forthcoming governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states.