Voter registrations double in last supplementary

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Voters in a queue at Manonnye Primary school in Serowe. FILE PIC

The number of voters signing up under the last supplementary exercise has doubled with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recording 44,525 new voters in the second week up from 22,000 in the first.

The May 1-18 exercise is currently in its third and final week and represents the last time Batswana will have the chance to register their participation in the October polls.

According to IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba, voter registration stations across the country witnessed an upsurge in traffic in the second week of the supplementary exercise.

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Voter registrations double in last supplementary

The number of voters signing up under the last supplementary exercise has doubled with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recording 44,525 new voters in the second week up from 22,000 in the first.

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