INEC Releases Voting Timetable and Steps to Cast Vote

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has displayed the timetable for 2023 general elections slated for to begin on February 25 and end on March 11, 2023.

INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, published that the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on February 25, 2023, while governorship and State Assembly elections will now be held on March 11, 2023.

Follow the official INEC Voting Procedure 2023 to see the procedure on how to vote in the forthcoming 2023 General Election.

This is the official Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voting procedure for the forthcoming elections in February and March 2023. The 2023 voting procedure was released in a post on the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The procedure is as follows;

1. Voting starts by 8.30am

2. Present your PVC for accreditation using BVAS

3. Check and confirm your name on the voters register in that polling unit.

4. Get authenticated with the BVAS through the fingerprint of facials.

5. Once accreditated, you will be issued a ballot paper

6. Go to the voting cubicle to make your choice in secret and drop the marked ballot paper in the ballot box.

7. You can always leave or stay 300–meters away from the voting area to witness vote sorting and counting.

According to INEC, voting begins at 8:30 a.m., with voters presenting their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for accreditation via BVAS.

The statement also stated that voters would be permitted to leave or remain 300 meters away to observe the sorting and counting of votes.