Glossary
Election terminology, defined once.
Election technology comes with decades of operational jargon. We define it here so every link on this site, and every partner you discuss iElect with, is reading the same words.
B
- BVAS
- Bimodal Voter Accreditation SystemINEC’s biometric tablet used to accredit voters before they cast a ballot.
E
- EC8A
- Polling-unit result sheetThe primary statement of result filled at the polling unit. Signed by agents; the source of every higher tally.
- EC8B
- Ward summary sheetAggregation of EC8A sheets at the ward (Registration Area) level.
- EC8C
- LGA summary sheetAggregation at the Local Government Area level.
- EC8D
- State summary sheetAggregation at the state level.
- EC8E
- National summaryThe final federal-level tally for a national election.
- EFLOC
- Election Facility LocationINEC’s canonical dataset of polling units, registration areas, and LGAs with geo-coordinates.
- EMSC
- Election Management Support CentreINEC’s staff-deployment and logistics management system.
- ERMS
- Election Results Management SystemiElect’s end-to-end platform for election setup, result collation, aggregation, and publication.
G
- GDPR
- General Data Protection RegulationEU data-protection regulation applicable to EU-SDGN and other EU-origin partner data.
I
- IReV
- INEC Result Viewing PortalINEC’s public portal for uploaded polling-unit result sheet images.
L
- LGA
- Local Government AreaSub-state administrative division in Nigeria (774 total).
N
- NDPR
- Nigeria Data Protection RegulationNigeria’s principal data-protection framework. iElect is compliant and registered.
P
- PU
- Polling UnitThe smallest electoral unit; the origin of every vote count. Nigeria has 176,846.
R
- RAC
- Registration Area CentreOperational base for a group of polling units during an election.
- REC
- Resident Electoral CommissionerThe head of an INEC state office, responsible for operations within that state.
S
- SDGN
- Support to Democratic Governance in NigeriaEU programme supporting Nigerian democratic institutions and election observation.
V
- VESR
- Virtual Election Situation RoomiElect’s real-time operations module for election commissions, observers, and security agencies.
W
- WCAG
- Web Content Accessibility GuidelinesInternational accessibility standard. iElect targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA.