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Enjoy your Suffrage

Rights by their nature are conjugate to human existence, they accord the polity with vast protections and freedoms, giving the citizenry of every state an equal chance to live as dignified members of the state.

The right to vote is a political right, enshrined in Section 11 of the Constitution of Botswana as a subset of a greater right deemed as the freedom to conscience.

This allows the citizens of the country to freely deploy the faculties of their mind without any infringement when choosing who is to represent them. As the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) readies to kick start the voter registration period, every Motswana should register and prepare to vote for their preferred political leader.

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