{"id":64789,"date":"2019-02-14T04:53:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T03:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64789"},"modified":"2019-02-14T04:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T03:53:53","slug":"elections-2019-you-can-vote-with-any-finger-inec-tells-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/elections-2019-you-can-vote-with-any-finger-inec-tells-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTIONS 2019: You Can Vote With Any Finger, INEC Tells Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that<\/div>\n
\n
electorate can use any finger to cast their votes in the forthcoming
\ngeneral elections.<\/p>\n

The commission made the clarification on its official twitter page
\n@inecnigeria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It said that the ballot paper was not finger sensitive, but advised the
\nelectorate not to allow the indelible ink on their fingers cross into
\nanother box.<\/p>\n

\u201cA voter can use any finger to vote but should ensure that his or her mark
\nis clear and placed inside the box of the political party of his or her
\nchoice and does not stray into another box,\u2019\u2019 it said.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that there have been unfounded
\nreports alleging INEC of secretly changing the pattern of fingers allowed
\nfor thumb printing on the ballot papers, ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n

NAN further reports that 73 political parties are partaking in Saturday\u2019s
\npresidential election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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