Fellow Nigerian, though revolutionary, the Electronic Voting System is not foolproof. It is vulnerable to attack: It could be hacked, corrupted, manipulated or it may as well malfunction. No doubt by now, election riggers are perfecting ways to corrupt the newly introduced voting system. However, no matter how sinister the riggers intentions are, the introduction of cameras in polling centres will unveil the plans and provide transparent backup details.
Introducing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and body cameras in polling centres will further authenticate poll results. If cameras are placed in polling booths overlooking the ballot boxes during voting, then citizens will have a first-hand account of the voting process.
The cameras overlooking the ballot boxes will be recording and may be streaming live to Nigerians the number of votes each candidate or party is getting. That will eliminate any form of result sheets manipulations thereafter at the collation centres because the results will have been in the public domain.
Furthermore, these cameras will help deter troublemakers: touts and thugs who intend to vote multiple times, as well as those who want to make trouble or snatch ballot boxes. They will then know that they will be identified.
Additionally, body cameras, worn by security personnel, will not only monitor the voting process but also the conduct of the electoral and security officials. Revealing collusion, if any, between security men, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and any candidate or political party.
In case of any legal dispute, camera footages from the CCTV cameras overseeing the voting process as well as the body cameras, worn by security and electoral agents, will help judges in making the right decisions in court as they oversee electoral and security misconducts.
The RevNig Movement will provide digital video recorders (DVR) for each polling unit across Nigeria in future elections. With a projection of more than 20 million supporters, RevNig will achieve this goal if each one of us donates as little as 50 cents.
No matter how much we spend in monitoring elections, it is not wasted. It is entirely justified because it is where the ruination of Nigeria starts. It is where we give opportunities to irresponsible leaders to rig and ruin our country. That is where the fight against corruption and misgovernance must start.
Fellow Nigerian, with your support we will sanitise our nation’s electoral system. We will eliminate electoral malpractice. We will relax the threat of war in every election cycle. We will silence bad election losers who make the country ungovernable by inciting hate, fuelling ethnic, religious or regional divisions.
With joint efforts, we will make Nigeria’s electoral system the envy of the world.
Please endeavor to join us now!
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