Nigerian Elections

How It Works



The Voice of Votes (VoV) online application is designed for monitoring and collation of election data and report. It is ideal for all election sizes: local, regional and national. It's main features include:


Using smart phones (or any digital camera) to take and send election result, images and data to our secure server.


Verification and validation of submitted results followed by publication and display


Display of result summary for online view with ability for visitors to comment on and validate individual election result


Visitors will be able to drill result summary down to individual polling unit and view an image of the result sheet


Voice of votes also accepts hyperlink text in the comment section for users to link to contents elsewhere on the internet.




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How To Participate In Protecting Your Votes: Submitting election result to VoV is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

On Election Day, after votes are counted, snap a picture of the displayed election result at your polling station.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifGo  vote for the candidates of choice.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifAlso take your phone along and snap a picture of your polling unit election result (DO NOT take picture of your ballot paper, it is ILLEGAL).

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifSend the result picture to WhatsApp number that we shall provide close to the time and we will show to the whole world. No one can change it after that.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifAlso visit voiceofvotes.com to register to receive future updates and to see results from other polling units. 

 


How To Send Election Report:


Anyone can send reports on the voting process throughout an election day. Follow these steps to submit election reports online.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifGo to VoV, select Menu (top right corner) > Submit Election Data > Submit Report

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifSelect election type from dropdown

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifMake selection on the remaining dropdown boxes

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifProvide a short title for your report (In any language)

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifWrite more detail report in the memo box using language of your choice. You can use the formating tools to make your report stand out

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifUpload up to five (5) files of images and video clips to support your report

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifPlease provide your name, email address and phone number

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifClick Submit

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~helser/graphics_page/images/bullets/dots/40-00-99.gifGo to Menu > View Election Data > Election Report and make necessary selections in the dropdown boxes. Now you can view your report as it will be seen by others. Unfortunately, once published, you will not be able to edit the report.