The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has dismissed media reports claiming that the proposed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to abolish live transmission of election results, ban media coverage of polling results, and reintroduce manual voter identification similar to the system used during the 2007 General Election. In a statement issued by IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon, the Commission described the reports as inaccurate and a misrepresentation of the Bill currently before Parliament. Instead, it introduces a complementary mechanism to facilitate results transmission in areas where network connectivity is insufficient to support electronic transmission. IEBC further emphasized that vote counting and the announcement of results at polling stations will continue to be conducted openly and transparently in the presence of party agents, election observers and the media. It said the amendments are intended to fill legislative gaps created by that judgment and establish a constitutionally compliant framework for election result management and the resolution of election disputes.