If electoral register is created by the EMB, what type of technology used for collecting registration data?

Nigeria

Nigeria

Answer
Digital voter registration kits/computers, off-line
Source

Nigeria, INEC, Guidelines for Continuous Registration of Voters 2014 (copy of this document is not available online)

5. Particulars and Procedure Of Registration

5(2) The following shall be the procedure for Continuous Registration of Voters. This procedure shall apply except the Commission alters it. Any alteration of the procedure shall be issued in the form of new guidelines for continuous registration:

5(2) (d) Each team will have one laptop to host the voter register of the RA/Ward in a searchable PDF format and one DDC Machine for data capture.

e) The RA/Ward voter register in searchable PDF format will be used to verify if the intending registrant has not registered before. Members of the public can also verify their registration status from the second computer at any time.

f) A disclaimer form will be issued to every intending registrant to complete in order to confirm that he/she has not registered before.

g) The Registration Officer manning the DDC Machine will backup registration data daily on an external hard drive to be provided.

h) The ROs will take the DDC Machine and backed up data to the LGA for data aggregation.

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