Learn from Liberia’s election, review ballot papers, Yiaga tells INEC
Called by Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja Liberia elections.Photo” Yiaga Africa Wants N’Assembly to make e-transmission of results mandatory Yiaga Africa has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to emulate conduct of the just concluded Liberian elections. The organisation, specifically, asked INEC to review the format of ballot papers used in Nigeria’s elections by including photographs and names of candidates, to improve quality of electoral preferences and reduce invalidated votes. It also urged the National Assembly to strengthen the electoral law by making electronic transmission of results mandatory, including upload of polling unit-level results and results sheets used at different levels of collation This was contained in a preliminary finding of the 2023 Election Study and Observation Mission (ESOM) to the October 10, Liberia 2023 general election deployed by Yiaga Africa from October 7-13. The delegation was led by a former Commissioner for Politi...