Section 9 Electoral Act

Section 9 Electoral Act 2022 is about National register of voters and voters’ registration. It is under Part III (National Register of Voters and Voters’ Registration) of the Act.

(1) The Commission shall compile, maintain, and update, on a continuous basis, a National Register of Voters (in this Act referred to as “the Register of Voters”) which shall include the names of all persons—
(a) entitled to vote in any Federal, State, Local Government or Federal Capital Territory Area Council
election ; and
(b) with disability status disaggregated by type of disability.

(2) The Commission shall keep the Register of Voters in its National Headquarters and other locations as the Commission may determine : Provided that the Commission shall keep the Register of Voters in—
(a) electronic format in its central database ; and
(b) manual, printed, paper-based record or hard copy format.

(3) The Commission shall maintain as part of the Register of Voters, a register of voters for each State of
the Federation and for the Federal Capital Territory.

(4) The Commission shall maintain as part of the Register of Voters for each State and the Federal Capital
Territory, a Register of Voters for each Local Government or Area Council within the State and the
Federal Capital Territory.

(5) The Register of Voters shall contain, in respect of each person, the particulars required in the Form prescribed by the Commission.

(6) The registration of voters, updating and revision of the Register of Voters under this section shall stop
not later than 90 days before any election covered by this Act.

(7) The registration of voters shall be at the registration centers designated for that purpose by the
Commission and notified to the public.