Voting is reopened in Nigeria after problems with electronic voting machines

Voting is reopened in Nigeria after problems with electronic voting machines

The polling stations opened again in Nigeria on Sunday (29) to continue to vote to choose the country's next president, after the problems recorded on Saturday (28) with the new electronic system of accreditation which forced the postponement.
Besides the problem in the new system, violence has also upset the vote.
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Extremist Boko Haram, which had promised to disrupt the vote and, in fact, caused its postponement for six weeks, kept their promise: the group is suspected of having carried out bloody attacks, including two polling stations of the country's northeast.
At least 15 people died in the attacks, including an opposition politician.
The postponement "affects about 300 polling stations out of a total of 150,000," said a spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kayode Idowu.
Some of these polling stations opened their doors at 8 am (local, 4pm GMT) to accredit citizens who could not make it this Saturday (28).

With the electronic system of accreditation specifically created for these elections, Nigerians, before voting, must validate their voting cards through an electronic reader that also proves your fingerprint.
Although since early morning on Saturday many Nigerians have been queuing to vote in some centers card readers did not work and delays at the polls were very significant.
In order to prevent new errors in the system today, the Electoral Commission has authorized, if readers continue malfunctioning, the cards of voters are proven manually.
In addition to the technological problems, the election on Saturday came amid a wave of terrorist attacks in several constituencies, which left at least 15 people were killed in the queue.
These presidential elections, which should have happened on February 14, were postponed to try to ensure the security of citizens.
source G1