In line
with the commission’s directive that all transfers of voters should be
concluded 45 days ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections
scheduled for November 21 and December 5 2015. The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the transfer of voters in Kogi State will
end on October 6, while that of Bayelsa State is to end on October 20.
In a
statement issued yesterday by the commission, the 45- day deadline is to enable
it effect the integration of the transferred names into the Register of Voters
which is to be certified and published not later than 30 days in each of the
two elections.
Under
the INEC Act, a person who has relocated to another place outside the
(polling) unit in which he/she registered cannot vote in his/her new location
unless he/she transfers his/her registration.
“Such
an application should contain the current address of the applicant (as this
will assist in allocating the Polling Unit (PU) nearest to him/her) and the
applicant should attach a photocopy of his/her Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to
the application,” he said.
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