Politicians afraid new system could disenfranchise voters

Under the system, voters register at one central point in the whole constituency. The latest move by the IEC is complete opposite to what used to happen in the past when another round of supplementary registration was opened.

In the past, voters used to register where they resided in their wards, but they are now forced register at one central point. For example in Francistown, where there are three constituencies, voters register at the IEC offices at Ntshe House. The latest move by the IEC has left politicians fuming saying that the election management body has misled the public as voters were expecting that they were going to cast their votes at various polling stations in their wards just like in the past.