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HB. 966 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018

This Bill may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018;, EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM;, This Bill seeks to amends the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 to restrict the qualification for elective office to relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, recognise the use of Smart Card Readers and other technological devices in elections, provide a sequence of elections and political party primaries, a time line for the submission of list of candidates, criteria for substitution of candidates, limit of campaign