1. (Pathology) permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing. Also called: boxer's ear Technical name: aural haematoma.
KANO State has become the largest recipient of permanent voters cards (PVCs) with a total of 4.11m residents registering to vote in next month's elections according to statistics just released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec).nec spokesman Kayode Idowu, said Lagos State has 5,905,852 registered voters while Kano has 4,975,701. Bayelsa State has the lowest number of registered voters across the country totalling just 610,373 people, out of which 404,119 have collected their PVCs.
But, the election for U.S. president is more complicated than plurality rule, as a candidate becomes the next president of the United States when he or she wins a majority, or 270 of the 538 electoral votes. Each state is assigned a number of electoral votes according to its population. The number of electoral votes is set at 538. Each state receives one electoral vote for the number of members it has in the House of Representatives; this accounts for 435 of the 538 electoral votes. The number of representatives of a state is determined through apportionment which is a function of the U.S. Census population for the state.