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Registration center workers process data on prospective voters near Enugu, Nigeria. At several centers, local residents showed their support for the registration process by bringing furniture, print cartridges and generators to the stations and collecting
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A worker at a voter registration center outside Enugu, Nigeria, processes data for a registrant using a Direct Data Capture system. Registration took place between January 15 and February 8 for the April parliamentary and presidential elections. Julia Hed
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Nigerians line up outside a registration center near Enugu in southeastern Nigeria. High turnout and technical problems with registration equipment caused the voting period, which began January 15 and was originally scheduled for just two weeks, to be ext
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Workers in a registration center near Owerri, Nigeria, divide up tasks in the registration process. One processes a registrant’s fingerprints, photograph and information using the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machine, while another records information on a b
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Workers from the National Youth Service Corps, who were recruited by the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission, assist voters with the registration process near Owerri. Julia Hedlund/IFES.
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Nigerians wait at a registration center near Owerri to register to vote in the upcoming presidential, parliamentary and gubernatorial elections. Julia Hedlund/IFES.
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Registration for voters in Nigeria was expected to take between 5 and 10 minutes. However, high turnout and technical glitches with the Direct Data Capture (DDC) system meant some registrants had to return over multiple days to complete the process. Julia
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A line of potential voters stretches well beyond the doorway of a registration station near Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Nigerian civil defense officers were on hand at most polling stations to help maintain security and organize the waiting registrants
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Nigerians line up outside a voter registration station near Abuja. Registration took place principally in primary and secondary schools, which were closed throughout the registration period for security. Julia Hedlund/IFES.