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Electoral Commission (Adoption and Manner of Use of Technology in the Management of Elections) Regulations, 2021

Statutory Instrument 2 of 2021

Electoral Commission (Adoption and Manner of Use of Technology in the Management of Elections) Regulations, 2021
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Statutory Instrument 2 of 2021
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Electoral Commission (Adoption and Manner of Use of Technology in the Management of Elections) Regulations, 2021

Statutory Instrument 2 of 2021

  1. [Amended by Electoral Commission (Adoption and Manner of Use of Biometric Voter Verification System) Regulations, 2025 (Statutory Instrument 98 of 2025) on 24 December 2025]
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Minister responsible for justice by section 12 (1a) and (1c) of the Electoral Commission Act, and in consultation with the commission, these Regulations are made this 7th day of January, 2021.

1. Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral Commission (Adoption and Manner of Use of Technology in the Management of Elections) Regulations, 2021.

2. Adoption of technology in the management of elections

(1)The commission may, in the exercise of its powers under section 12 (1) of the Act, adopt technology in the management of elections.
(2)The commission may, where practicable, subject to access to the data grid, adopt, in a phased manner, the use of information communications technology (ICT) for the following purposes—
(a)registration of voters and update of the National Voters' Register;
(b)display of the National Voters' Register;
(c)online voter data search;
(d)provision of online nomination forms for candidates;
(e)processing of nomination papers of candidates;
(f)voter education;
(g)management of complaints;
(h)accreditation of election observers;
(i)[paragraph (i) revoked by section 8(a) of Statutory Instrument 98 of 2025]
(j)transmission of election results.

3. Use of ICT platforms for accreditation of election observers

The commission may, subject to section 16 of the Act, adopt the use of ICT enabled platforms in the accreditation and management of election observers.

4. ***

[regulation 4 revoked by section 8(b) of Statutory Instrument 98 of 2025]

5. Installation of electronic display system at tallying centers

The commission shall install an electronic display system at every tallying center, on which the votes being tallied shall be displayed to the general public.

6. Validation

Any act done by the commission under the Electoral Commission Act or any other law in force for the time being relating to elections, which falls under any provision of these Regulations shall be taken to have been done under these Regulations and shall remain valid.

7. Powers of commission

(1)Where, during the course of an election, it appears to the commission that by reason of any mistake, miscalculation, emergency or unusual or unforeseen circumstances, any of the provisions of these Regulations do not accord with the exigencies of the situation, the commission may, by particular or general instructions, otherwise adapt any of those provisions as may be required to achieve the purposes of these Regulations to such extent as the commission considers necessary to meet the exigencies of the situation.
(2)For the avoidance of doubt, this regulation applies to the whole electoral process, including all steps taken for the purposes of the election and includes nomination.
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