These are the requirements for the different positions available for the Nasarawa State Local Government Councils Elections 2024.
Presiding Officer (PO)
He/she is in-charge of all activities at the Polling Unit on Election Day including Polling, Sorting and Counting of votes.
- Takes delivery of and inspects all materials and equipment for election from the Supervisory Presiding Officer and ensures their security, particularly the sensitive materials, such as ballot papers and result forms;
- Must be at the Polling Unit early (at least one hour before the official commencement of polling) to set up the Polling Unit;
- Coordinates activities in the voting points under his supervision;
- Conducts voter education ahead of polling.
- Issues ballot paper(s) to voters and ensures that voters deposit thumb-printed ballot paper (s) into the appropriate ballot box.
- Returns all election materials, other than the Result Sheets and Card Reader, to the SPO for delivery to the EO after elections.
- Delivers the completed Result Sheets and Card Reader to the Registration Area Collation Officer (RACO)
- Reports any security incident to the Security Agents at the Polling Unit and, where necessary, invites the Police or Security Agents to maintain order, keep the peace or arrest any person committing an offence;
- Documents adverse incidents, using incident report form and informs the appropriate authority and persons;
- Responds to calls from EOSC for periodic updates of the elections progress and reports threats.
Supervisor
- Supervises the conduct of the poll in a cluster of Polling Unit.
- Assists in the training of presiding officers, poll clerks and poll assistants under his/her supervision.
- Ensures that all sensitive and non-sensitive materials are available at the assigned polling stations in the right quantities at the right time
- Regularly visit the polling station under his/her supervision to attend to problems during the period of the election.
- Ensures that the results of the poll for the assigned polling stations are delivered to the CO by the PO.
- Ensures that all election materials returned to him/her by the PO are submitted to the EO immediately after the elections.
- Liaises with the security agents to ensure that law and order are maintained within the polling station under his/her supervision.
- He/she should be accountable to the EO in the discharge of his/her duties.
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Polling orderly
- Works under the supervision of the PO.
- Assists with the collection of materials from the SPO.
- Assists with the return of election materials to the SPO.
- Fills the gender and disability status for each voter in the Voter Information and Statistics Form EC 40H.
Polling Clerk
- Assists with the collection of election materials from the SPO.
- Confirms that voter’s details in the PVC are contained in the Register of Voters and ticks the appropriate box by the voter’s name before polling.
- Applies indelible ink on the appropriate finger of the voter before polling.
- Assists in the preparation and sorting of the ballots.
- Assists with the return of the election materials to the SPO at the close of poll