IEC announces supplementary voter registration
Thursday, December 06, 2018
According to a Savingram from the organisation dated December 5, 2018, the supplementary voter registration will commence on December 17, 2018 till March 31, 2019. It further urged all chief election officers, principal elections officers and principal registration officers to start necessary preparations to undertake the scheduled supplementary voter registration.
“The commission further determined the polling station-based supplementary voter registration, which will take place after the close of the constituency-based supplementary voter registration. Actual dates for this supplementary voter registration will be communicated in due course,” it stated.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...