Your vote matters, go register!! :: Mmegi Online

As yet another general election lurks in the horizon, the significance of active voter participation cannot be over-emphasised. The October national poll presents yet another opportunity for every eligible citizen to speak with their vote in choosing a political leadership that they believe stands to advance their aspirations and hopes.

As much as the decision to vote or not to vote is a personal choice, whatever choice one makes can have a telling effect going forward. Voting gives one a moral right to have a say in matters of governance, whether it you party that has won or not.

On the contrary, if you decide NOT to vote, you will have ceded your right to speak to others who might make a choice for you by electing a government that is not aligned to your aspirations. The latest statistics on voter registration released by the Independent Electoral Commision (IEC) show that just a little over 320,000 people have so registered since January 5th when registration started.

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