Says elections violence cases are being heard at the NEC independent elections hearing officeNational Elections Commission (NEC) chairman Jerome G. Korkoya yesterday clarified the commission’s decision to bring in excess presidential ballots for the October 10 elections. Korkoya’s explanation was in response to comments and questions from the public regarding the commission’s decision to bring into the country an excess of presidential ballots. Korkoya explained that 550 ballots to a polling center multiplied by 5,390 centers, the total number of ballots papers in the country will be 2,964,500. The balance from 3,053,435, when 2,964,500 is subtracted is 88,935; thereby making the overall excess in presidential ballot papers 869,806. The same principle of assigning 550 ballots to a polling place multiplied by 5390 applies to the representative ballot papers,” Korkoya said.

Source: Daily Observer September 28, 2017 02:32 UTC