Electoral Offences authorities as that also violates the electoral laws thus constitute an electoral offence. 10. Wrongful Challenge& Objection During voter registration, the law permits any qualified voter to challenge the eligibility of an applicant provided the challenger has genuine grounds to do so. Here, it is the right of the challenger to use all the provisions the Electoral Commission has made available to register his/her protest; and the registration officer and all concerned have to cooperate with the complainant. But then, should it turn out to be that the challenger had no evidence to support the claim and that what s/he did was purely out of mischief, an offence is deemed to have been committed. 11. Unlawful Production/ Forgery The Electoral Commission guards jealously its electoral materials for fear of 25