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should be captured, in greater details, in relation to voters’
registration certificate. The voters registration certificate
should specify the following information(a) the voter's last name, date of birth, national registration
number and sex; and;
(b) the ward, constituency, district, province and, in the case of
polling station specific registration, the polling station in or for
which the voter is registered.
- On the transfer of the registration of a voter in terms of
section 25 the voter shall be issued with a voters
registration certificate by the voter registration officer of
the constituency to which he or she has been
transferred.".
The Section amends section 40C that relates to, "Voter education
by persons other than the Commission or political parties" by the
repeal of paragraphs (i) and (j) and the substitution of"(i) the voter education materials used by the person and the
course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the
voter education is conducted are adequate, current, correct and
not misleading or biased in favour of any political party; and
(j) the voter education materials used by the person and the
course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the
voter education is conducted are furnished to the Commission for
its scrutiny no later than twenty-eight days before they are
intended to be used; and
(k) no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education
or voter education materials.".
This Section amends the Principal Act In section 51 relating to
Polling stations by the repeal of subsection (1) and the
substitution of"(1) Subject to this section, the Commission shall in each
constituency establish, at such convenient places as it may
determine as many polling stations as it may consider to be
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seems progressive as it ensures that there is authenticity in
the documents that are held by a potential voter and plugs
gaps of persons having documents that are not genuine.
This same rationale applies with the requirement for a
person to secure a registration certificate from the
registration officer of the constituency the person has been
transferred to. The procedure enhances transparency.
The amendment to section 40C (1)(i) adds the words, ‘current’ and
‘correct’. The words are open to various interpretation. What is
meant by current? This provision may be used to disqualify various
voter education material on the basis that it is not current.
The provision that such voter education material should be
submitted for scrutiny opens further challenges of material being
held at the Commission with no approval being given, or approval
denied on flimsy grounds by the Commission
This provisions is consistent with the principles set out in the
Constitution that bestows the election management process with
the Commission.
It is commendable that the decisions of the Commission must take
into account submissions from political parties contesting the
election concerned and the representations made on the issue of