THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set for the take-off of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State.
It has deployed over 400 machines in the state’s18 local government areas.
Additional 23 machines have been moved to some wards with difficult terrains and in overpopulated areas.
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Akin Orebiyi told stakeholders ahead of the CVR exercise in Akure, the state capital that the “machines have fully charged batteries,” adding that generators alongside backups are also deployed in the state’s 203 wards.
He noted that the plans were put in place to avoid the hitches witnessed in the last exercise.
Registration, he said, will take place in polling units where the records of the 2011 registration were lost.
The REC added that the exercise would not take place in some units in Owo, Ese-Odo, Akure South, Odigbo and Ondo East, owing to INEC’s inability to issue PVCs to voters during the just concluded exercise.
Orebiyi said INEC was yet to print the PVCs of voters in the affected areas.
He stressed that eligible voters in the areas should not come out for the exercise starting from today.
The distribution of the PVCs in the areas would be announced at a later date.
The REC warned the people to desist from registering more than once, saying such people would not be allowed to vote in the general election.
The stakeholders, in their reactions, praised INEC for a successful issuance of PVCs.
They urged INEC to ensure that adequate publicity was carried out at the grassroots.
They advised the INEC to ensure that its staff deployed in all units understood how to use the computer systems and other machines meant for the CVR.
