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Electoral offences and their sanctions
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Electoral Offences are deemed to have committed an electoral offence. 5. Registration of Minors The electoral law stipulates that to qualify for registration as a voter, the applicant should be of a minimum age of 18 years on the day of registration. Indeed, in the case of some people, appearance and stature may not be able to confirm actual age. In other words, a person could be 18 years or above but his/her diminutive stature may not help to confirm his/her eligibility. Again, many are those who have no documentary proofs of their dates of birth. This state of affairs is strong enough to create confusion at registration centres. It is not uncommon however to see minors being sent clandestinely to the centres by some unscrupulous people and politicians to register to vote. Any person under the eligible voting age is considered a minor and ineligible. Therefore, any attempt by such persons or 20