Terms of Service

To cast a vote on this Platform, you must:

• Be a registered and fully verified member of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) as of the membership cutoff date specified for the relevant VotingSession;
• Appear on the VoterRegister for the applicable VotingSession;
• Be a Nigerian citizen of voting age (18 years or older) as required by Section 77 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended);
• Hold a valid Permanent Voter Card (PVC) issued by INEC or such other identification as may be accepted by the YPP Electoral Committee;
• Not be under any suspension, disciplinary measure, or disqualification imposed by the YPP or any court of competent jurisdiction;
• Possess a valid, unexpired UVP assigned to you for the specific VotingSession.

Persons seeking to contest as aspirants must additionally satisfy the YPP Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022, the INEC Guidelines, and any additional criteria prescribed by the YPP National Working Committee for the relevant office. Eligibility is determined exclusively through the AspirantScreening process; the Platform's records are determinative.

Your voter eligibility and UVP are strictly personal and non-transferable. Permitting another person to use your UVP, or using another person's UVP, constitutes an electoral offence and will result in immediate disqualification and referral to law enforcement.

Each eligible voter is issued a Unique Voter PIN (UVP) prior to the commencement of accreditation. The UVP is delivered through the official YPP communication channel (SMS to the mobile number registered on the YPP Member Registry). You are solely responsible for safeguarding your UVP.

UVPs are stored exclusively as one-way bcrypt cryptographic hashes in the Platform's database. Plain-text UVPs are never stored, logged, or recoverable by Platform Operators after generation. If your UVP is compromised, contact the NYSC Electoral Helpdesk immediately.

Unless a custom randomised UVP is configured by the Electoral Committee for a specific session, the default UVP is derived from the last four (4) digits of your registered phone number. This default is overridable on a per-session basis by authorised administrators.

Voting is only possible within the accreditation and voting window set for each VotingSession. Once accreditation is closed (either by the scheduled end time or by administrative action), no further ballots can be cast. The Platform enforces this window at the database level via the close_accreditation_window stored procedure.

Each voter may cast exactly one (1) ballot per VotingSession. The Platform enforces this restriction at the database level through the cast_vote_secure stored procedure; any attempt to cast a second vote for the same session will be rejected. This constraint cannot be overridden by any administrator.

Once a ballot is successfully cast and confirmed by the Platform, it is final and irrevocable. The Platform does not provide a mechanism to change, retract, or spoil a ballot after submission. By clicking “Cast Vote” (or equivalent), you acknowledge that you have made your selection deliberately and that no reversal is possible.

All votes are recorded exclusively through the cast_vote_secureSECURITY DEFINER stored procedure. No person — including system administrators, VoteTrack Ltd engineers, or YPP officials — has the technical ability to insert, modify, or delete a vote record through any other pathway. This architectural constraint is the foundation of the Platform's integrity guarantee.

Where no candidate achieves the requisite threshold in an initial ballot, the Platform's state machine may automatically initiate a runoff VotingSession in accordance with the YPP Constitution. Voters eligible for the original session will be eligible for any subsequent runoff for the same office.

The Platform maintains an accreditation count (increment_accreditation_count) that forms part of the official record submitted to INEC. This count is used to calculate voter turnout and is included in the INEC Result Report.

The Vote table in the Platform's database contains no member_id column or any other field that could link a cast ballot to the identity of the voter who cast it. This is an immutable schema constraint, not a software policy that can be circumvented by configuration or administrator action.

The Vote record contains: the VotingSession identifier, the selected candidate identifier, the timestamp, and the cryptographic receipt token. It does not contain: the voter's name, member ID, phone number, UVP, or any other personally identifying information.

Accreditation records (confirming that a voter participated) are stored separately from ballot records (recording what was voted). Cross-referencing these two tables to determine how any individual voted is mathematically impossible within the Platform's architecture.

A Vote Receipt Token confirms that a ballot was cast in a given VotingSession. It does not reveal, and cannot be used to determine, the candidate selected.

Upon successful ballot casting, the Platform issues a unique Receipt Token. Voters are strongly encouraged to record this token. It may be used to verify participation at vote.ypp.ng/verify.

The verification function (verify_vote_receipt) confirms that a receipt token corresponds to a valid ballot cast in a specified VotingSession. It returns a boolean confirmation and the session title only. It does not return, and is technically incapable of returning, the candidate voted for.

You must not share your Receipt Token with any person who uses or threatens to use it to determine or influence how you voted. Demanding a voter's Receipt Token as proof of a voting choice constitutes voter intimidation and an electoral offence.

Persons applying to contest on the Platform submit to the AspirantScreening process, which evaluates INEC eligibility criteria, YPP constitutional requirements, and any additional requirements specified by the National Working Committee. Submission of false or misleading information in an application constitutes a criminal offence and grounds for permanent disqualification.

Screening decisions (Pass / Fail / Conditional) are made by the YPP Electoral Committee. The Platform records these decisions; it does not make them. Aspirants may lodge an appeal through the Platform's ElectoralAppeal mechanism within the period prescribed by the Electoral Committee.

Where the YPP Electoral Committee invokes the consensus (direct substitution) procedure permitted under the Electoral Act 2022, the affected aspirant will be required to provide written consent via the Platform's ConsensusConsent module. A consent record is permanently stored and forms part of the INEC submission.

Aspirant application data, screening records, and any supporting documents are retained for the period required by INEC regulations (minimum seven (7) years) and may be disclosed to INEC on demand.

An aspirant may withdraw their candidacy prior to the closure of the ballot only through a formal written notice delivered to the YPP Electoral Committee Secretary. Platform administrators will reflect the withdrawal; votes already cast for a withdrawn candidate are treated in accordance with the YPP Electoral Guidelines.

This Platform is designed and operated in full compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 (as amended), the INEC Guidelines on Conduct of Party Primaries, and all subsidiary legislation and circulars issued by INEC. YPP assumes full regulatory responsibility for compliance.

A cryptographically signed, digitally locked VoterRegister (INECRegisterSubmission) is generated and submitted to INEC at or before the statutory deadline prior to each congress. Once submitted, this register cannot be altered. Any discrepancy between the Platform register and the physical INEC submission must be reported immediately to the YPP Electoral Committee.

Results generated by the Platform are recorded in the ResultSubmission table and the INECResultReport in accordance with Section 51(b) of the YPP Constitution and INEC requirements. Results are presented in human-readable and machine-readable formats for INEC upload.

INEC and its authorised representatives retain the right to audit all Platform logs, VoterRegisters, accreditation records, and result reports upon presentation of the appropriate legal instrument. The Platform Operators will cooperate fully with any such audit.

The Platform's underlying technology — including but not limited to the UVP cryptographic system, the cast_vote_secure stored procedure, the ballot secrecy architecture, the forensic audit trail, the VoterRegister snapshot mechanism, and all associated software — is the proprietary intellectual property of VoteTrack Ltd, protected under Nigerian copyright law (Copyright Act 2022), trade secret law, and applicable international IP treaties.

The YPP name, logo, and all associated brand assets appearing on this Platform are the exclusive property of the Young Progressives Party. Use of these assets outside this Platform without written authorisation from YPP is strictly prohibited.

By submitting any content to the Platform (including aspirant applications, appeals, and consent forms), you grant the Platform Operators a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use, store, and disclose such content to the extent necessary for electoral administration and INEC compliance.

Decompiling, reverse engineering, disassembling, or otherwise attempting to derive the source code or trade secrets of the Platform is strictly prohibited and constitutes a criminal offence under the Cybercrime Act 2015 and an infringement of VoteTrack Ltd's intellectual property rights.

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” While the Platform Operators take all reasonable technical measures to ensure availability during VotingSession windows, we do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free service. Network failures, power outages, force majeure events, and third-party infrastructure failures are beyond our control.

The Platform Operators do not warrant that election results generated by the Platform will be accepted without challenge. Results are subject to INEC review, YPP internal dispute resolution, and court challenge in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022. The Platform Operators are not liable for any loss arising from a disputed or overturned election result.

To the maximum extent permitted by Nigerian law, the aggregate liability of the Platform Operators (YPP and VoteTrack Ltd collectively) to any individual arising out of or related to these Terms or the use of the Platform shall not exceed the amount of any registration or access fee paid by that individual to YPP in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

In no event shall the Platform Operators be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages (including lost profits, loss of data, or reputational harm) arising from the use of or inability to use the Platform, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

The Platform Operators reserve the right, in their absolute discretion, to suspend or terminate your access to the Platform immediately and without prior notice if you are found to have violated any provision of these Terms, engaged in Prohibited Conduct, or if required by INEC, a court order, or applicable law.

Upon termination, your right to access the Platform ceases immediately. Any vote already cast by you prior to termination remains valid as part of the official record and cannot be retracted. Data collected prior to termination is retained in accordance with the Data Protection Policy.

The Platform and these Terms remain operative through the conclusion of all 2026 Primary election activities and the satisfaction of all INEC reporting obligations, regardless of the date on which an individual VotingSession closes.

These Terms and all disputes arising from them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, including but not limited to the Electoral Act 2022, the Cybercrime Act 2015, the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, and the Copyright Act 2022.

Disputes concerning election results, voter eligibility determinations, or screening decisions shall first be referred to the YPP Internal Electoral Tribunal in accordance with the YPP Constitution, before recourse to the Federal High Court (in its electoral jurisdiction) or the Election Tribunal, as applicable under the Electoral Act 2022.

All other disputes arising under these Terms shall be resolved by mediation in Lagos, Nigeria, administered by the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse or such other mediation body as the parties may agree. Failing resolution by mediation within sixty (60) days, disputes shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division.

These Terms are written in English. In the event of any conflict between an English version and any translation, the English version prevails.