Thread by @yinkanubi

According to @jideojong, The notable omitted amendments from the Electoral Amendment Act (June Review) are:
1. Section 49 - Card Reader Provision
2. Section 8 - Section 8 Provision attempting to make INEC staff non-partisan;
3. Section 52 - Which lifts ban on electronic voting;

4. Section 65 (a) - Which paved the way for the creation of the National Electronic Register of Election Results;
5. Section 31(6) - Which criminalises presentation of false affidavit by a candidate or political party which is supposed to lead to disqualification by the court

6. Section 78 (4) - Which would have given INEC 60 days instead of 30 days to respond to applications of political associations seeking to register as political parties.
7 - Section 91 (9)- Which increased individual donations from N1m - N10m while pegging fine at 1% of ceiling

8. Section 91 subsection 2–7 which increased expenditure ceiling for amounts candidates can spend on campaigns:
- President – N1bn - N5bn;
- Governor N200m - N1bn;
- Senate – N40m - N200m;
- HoR - N20m - N70m;
- HoA– N10m - N30m;
- LG – N10m - N30m
- Councillor N1m - N5m

9. Section 99 - Provision to increase the campaign period from 90 days to 150 days has been deleted.
10. Penalties for non-compliance with Section 100 subsections 3 and 4 which have to do with media coverage are no longer in the new amendment.

11. Section140 - Which imposed stricter penalties of N2m fine or two years imprisonment for omission of party logos and name is no longer there.

Only 13 sections of the current Electoral Act 2010 were amended in the bill sent to the President in August 3, 2018. #ElectoralAct