INEC admits IReV portal experienced challenges during 2023 presidential election

The IReV portal is one of the most significant innovations
introduced by the commission before the 2023 general elections to promote the
integrity and transparency of the electoral process.

As a public-facing website, the IReV portal shows images of
the original polling unit result sheets as recorded in Form EC8A.

The 526-page report was published by the commission on its
website.

The report partly reads: “The challenge of uploading the PU
presidential election results on the IReV after the presidential and NASS
elections on 25th February 2023, was unique.

“As voting ended across the country and POs began the
process of uploading the images of the PU result sheets of the elections for
the various constituencies around 4:00 pm, the commission began to receive
reports that attempts to upload presidential election result sheets were
failing.

“Following these reports, the commission immediately engaged
with its field officials for details in order to understand and trace the
origin, source, scale, and magnitude of the problem across the result
management ecosystem to devise appropriate solutions.”