Osun Election: Mock accreditation exercise saves voters from disenfranchisement — INEC chair
Joash Amupitan, has said the commission’s mock accreditation exercise ahead of the August 15 Osun State governorship election helped identify and resolve a potential issue with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), thereby preventing possible voter disenfranchisement.
Addressing journalists at the INEC office in Osogbo after the exercise, he disclosed that the major issue detected was the inability of some BVAS devices to recognise the facial images on older Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), particularly those issued in 2011.
He said: “What could have become a major issue on election day was detected during the mock accreditation exercise.
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