Electoral Act: Senate approves e-transmission of results, allows manual backup
The Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV), while allowing manual collation as a backup in cases where electronic transmission fails. The decision followed a reconsideration of a disputed clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill during an emergency plenary session on Tuesday. Under the revised provision, presiding officers are required to electronically transmit results from each polling unit to the IReV portal after completing documentation and […]