EC set new date for voter registration

The Electoral Commission (EC) will reopen the electoral roll for one day, on October 1, to allow specific groups of people who are yet to be captured in the register to do so.

The registration will take place in the EC district offices nationwide and will run from 7am to 6pm.

A statement issued by the EC said the scheduled exercise is to give opportunity to those who have attained the age of 18 and Citizens who for one reason or the other were not able to register in the just ended registration exercise to do so.

“The Electoral Commission (EC) wishes to inform the General Public that it is re-opening the Voters Registration Exercise for one day. This is to give opportunity to those who have attained the age of Eighteen (18) and Citizens who for one reason or the other were not able to register in the just ended Registration Exercise. The date for the exercise is Thursday, 1st October, 2020,” a statement from the commission said.

It added that “the Registration will take place in the district offices nationwide”.