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SB. 654 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018

SB. 654 This Bill may be cited as the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018;, EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM;, This Bill seeks to amend 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, further regulate political party primaries, a time line for the submission of list of candidates, criteria for substitution of candidates, limit of campaign expenses, and address the omission of names of candidates or logo of political parties.