Rejected ballots balloon; almost doubled 2016 figure
Graphic Online BY: Suleiman Mustapha 705 In spite of the widespread public education on how to cast ballots, rejected ballots almost doubled from 167,349 in the general election of 2016 to 313,397 in the 2020 elections. The Electoral Commission (EC) defines rejected ballot as “a ballot paper which is handled by the voter in such a way that the choice of candidate or the voter’s intention cannot be ascertained as such”. It says such a ballot is always found in the ballot box. As part of measures to reduce rejected ballots in the December 7, 2020 general election, the EC improved the des...