Kayode Fayemi said on channels tv this evening that one ward in Ekiti the card reader test was done has 20000 voters and the card readers takes 5- 10 seconds to accreditate one person, and I did this little mathematics.
INEC allocates 5 hours = 300 minutes for accreditation during elections. 8am - 1Pm
20000/300 = 67 people per minute which means that Less than 1 seconds needed to accreditate each of the 20000 voters in that ward.
Can we really achieve this without disenfranchising some voters which could lead to protest on that election day?
Objective analysis please.

Dis ur calculaton na die...

Make I book space. Dis looks like fp material

Let me correct certain wrong facts u made in ur post above;
- Firstly, its 6 hours for accreditation.
-A ward having 20,000 eligible voters doesn't translate to that ward having JUST ONE Polling Unit!; A ward like that has more than 40 polling units.

Let's work on that your calculation again based on this new information;

6 hrs = 360 minutes
360 minutes = 21600 seconds

While INEC was demonstrating the Card Reader @ d National Assembly some weeks back, it took about 10-15 seconds to verify a voter.
N/B: One of the unwritten laws of INEC on Election day states that if a Polling Unit has more than 500 eligible voters, a Voting Point will be created somewhere within the same unit, where another set of accreditation and voting will take place!

Therefore; Taking the maximum limit of voters a Polling unit can have (in this case, 500) and multiplying with the average time taken for verification a voter(in this case 20 seconds) you will have 10000 seconds

Wow! That is 10000 seconds to verify all 500 voters! Then dividing this 10000seconds by 60 gives you 167 minutes; diving further by 60 gives you approximately 3 hours to verify all 500 voters in that polling unit!

But this is just an ideal situation, INEC knowing this decided to add 3 more hours to cover for any misunderstanding or glitches that may come up that day

Hope you are okay now?


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The mathematics is for those thieves to calculate don't outuse your brain.

One thing is certain. The two Presidential aspirants are 'rubbish' but HALF bread is better than chin-chin so we go manage vote HALF bread sha

Ngwakwe, Ikenna351, Afam4eva, OAM4J, maclatunji, FP please!

Can 10 hours help instade of 5 hours

saaedlee:
Let me correct certain wrong facts u made in ur post above;
- Firstly, its 6 hours for accreditation.
-A ward having 20,000 eligible voters doesn't translate to that ward having JUST ONE Polling Unit!; A ward like that has more than 40 polling units.

Let's work on that your calculation again based on this new information;

6 hrs = 360 minutes
360 minutes = 21600 seconds

While INEC was demonstrating the Card Reader @ d National Assembly some weeks back, it took about 10-15 seconds to verify a voter.
N/B: One of the unwritten laws of INEC on Election day states that if a Polling Unit has more than 500 eligible voters, a Voting Point will be created somewhere within the same unit, where another set of accreditation and voting will take place!

Therefore; Taking the maximum limit of voters a Polling unit can have (in this case, 500) and multiplying with the average time taken for verification a voter(in this case 20 seconds) you will have 10000 seconds

Wow! That is 10000 seconds to verify all 500 voters! Then dividing this 10000seconds by 60 gives you 167 minutes; diving further by 60 gives you approximately 3 hours to verify all 500 voters in that polling unit!

But this is just an ideal situation, INEC knowing this decided to add 3 more hours to cover for any misunderstanding or glitches that may come up that day

Hope you are okay now?


Hope you have your PVC? Vote General Muhammadu Buhari for President

TTotal registered voters = 68,000,000
 Total number of polling units = 120,000
  Total number of card readers per unit = 120,000
INEC allocates 5 hours = 300 minutes

 Total number of voters/ polling units
  68,000,000/120,000 = 567 people per polling units

  567/ 300 mins = 1.88 persons per minute
  Approx. 2 persons per minute.
   = 30 seconds per person.

For Card reader to be effective, 30 seconds need to accreditate each of 68,000,000 registered voters.
hanks for being objective in your views. On further checks I came up with this new figures.

hopilo:


TTotal registered voters = 68,000,000
 Total number of polling units = 120,000
  Total number of card readers per unit = 120,000
INEC allocates 5 hours = 300 minutes

 Total number of voters/ polling units
  68,000,000/120,000 = 567 people per polling units

  567/ 300 mins = 1.88 persons per minute
  Approx. 2 persons per minute.
   = 30 seconds per person.

For Card reader to be effective, 30 seconds need to accreditate each of 68,000,000 registered voters.
hanks for being objective in your views. On further checks I came up with this new figures.

Check the figure with bold typeface.

Even with the adjusted figures you presented, its still possible to accreditate each of the 68million eligible voters under 5 hours!!!


5 hrs = 18000 seconds
Total Registered Voters = 68,000,000
Total No of Polling units = 120,000
Average no of eligible voters for a polling unit = 567
Avg Time to verify an eligible voter = 30s

567 x 30s = 17010 seconds needed to verify all 68m eligible voters on election day!!!

saaedlee:


Check the figure with bold typeface.

Even with the adjusted figures you presented, its still possible to accreditate each of the 68million eligible voters under 5 hours!!!


5 hrs = 18000 seconds
Total Registered Voters = 68,000,000
Total No of Polling units = 120,000
Average no of eligible voters for a polling unit = 567
Avg Time to verify an eligible voter = 30s

567 x 30s = 17010 seconds needed to verify all 68m eligible voters on election day!!!

On the bold, we have 120,000 polling units representing 120,000 card readers deployed.
17010 seconds needed for 68000000 people will take 4.7 hours approx 5 hours as allotted by INEC.
Which is still 30 secs per person. Is 30secs enough ?

saaedlee:


Check the figure with bold typeface.

Even with the adjusted figures you presented, its still possible to accreditate each of the 68million eligible voters under 5 hours!!!


5 hrs = 18000 seconds
Total Registered Voters = 68,000,000
Total No of Polling units = 120,000
Average no of eligible voters for a polling unit = 567
Avg Time to verify an eligible voter = 30s

567 x 30s = 17010 seconds needed to verify all 68m eligible voters on election day!!!

Wouldn't it even be better if the number of PVCs distributed is used for this calculation?
Remember also that turn out will be less than 100% on election day.