With the drawing close of the 2027 General election and other off cycle elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended the use of other alternatives for voting asides the permanent voters card (PVC).
Giving details on their recommendation, the election body suggested that those who do not have PVCs could use computer-generated voting slips for exercising their franchise.
Edum News reports that this was said on Thursday during the quarterly consultative meeting of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
According to Yakubu, PVCs should no longer be the sole requirement for voting, especially with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).
The statement partly reads, “The commission also believes that with the introduction of the BVAS, the use of PVC as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on election day should be reviewed.
“Those who already have the PVCs can still use them to vote, but going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from the commission’s website will suffice for voter accreditation. This will not only save cost, it will also eliminate the issues around the collection of PVCs and the diabolical practice of buying up the cards from voters in order to disenfranchise them.”
The commission also recommended early voting for journalists and other essential workers.
