this is what article 19 of PDP guideline 2014 says in case of over voting and irregularities. Do not underestimate Ararume or you forget about 2015. (19) a. The designated venue, date and time for the gubernatorial primary election shall be published and made known to members and aspirants at least 7 (seven) days before the date of the election. b. The State Electoral Panel shall, for the purpose of the gubernatorial primary election, appoint such officers as may be required to carry out such duties as may be deemed necessary subject to the approval of the National Working Committee. c. Accreditation, which shall be the first item on the agenda, shall be the responsibility of the State Electoral Panel. d. Accreditation shall be between 8.00am and 12 noon and voting shall commence thereafter or on completion of accreditation. Any delegate or aspirant or aspirant’s agent who arrives after the commencement of voting shall not be accredited or allowed to vote. e. The number of delegates accredited shall be announced loudly and clearly before the commencement of the poll.Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2014 f. Each accredited delegate shall be assigned an accreditation number/tag by the Electoral Officer at the venue of the Special State Congress. g. The names of aspirants shall be announced to the hearing of all present at the Special State Congress. h. Aspirants or their agents shall be present and may bring their posters to the venue of the Special State Congress to assist the delegates in identifying them. Each aspirant shall be entitled to only one agent. i. The Chairman of the State Electoral Panel shall be the State Returning Officer for the purpose of directing and supervising the gubernatorial primary election under these Guidelines. j. The Returning Officer for the Special State Congress, at the commencement of the poll, shall cause each ballot box to be opened and shown to the aspirants or their duly accredited agents and to such other persons as may lawfully be present at the Special State Congress venue and shall thereafter seal the ballot box in such a manner as to prevent it from being opened by unauthorized persons and the ballot box shall then be placed in the full view of all present and shall be so maintained until the close of polls. k. Voting at the gubernatorial primary election shall be modified open ballot system, otherwise known as the open secret ballot. l. A delegate, an receipt of a ballot paper, shall mark it in secret in the manner prescribed by the State Election Panel and deposit it in the ballot box in the full view of all present at the Special State Congress. m. No delegate shall vote for more than one aspirant and where the votes cast exceed the number of accredited delegates to such extent as to materially affect the result of the election, the election shall be declared void by the State Electoral Panel and another vote shall be conducted by the State Electoral Panel.Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2014 n. The result of the gubernatorial primary election, shall be ascertained by counting the votes cast for each aspirant and no aspirant shall be declared nominated or elected as the flag bearer of the Party in the State, unless he has polled the highest votes cast. The winner shall be declared by the Returning Officer immediately after the election.
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