Mufulira District Commissioner Mike Manda has urged eligible citizens across the country who have not registered as voters to take advantage of the extension period to register as voters.
Speaking in an interview in Mufulira today, Mr. Manda commended the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for the extending the voter registration exercise so as to allow for more people to register and perform their civic right.
He said the added days will make difference for those who have not yet registered to do so because the new voters’ cards will allow them to vote in next year’s general election since the old voters’ cards will be null and void.
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While I’ve no problems with prisoners voting, it’s the manner in which it’s being done, how they will vote and the many unanswered questions.
1. Say a registered voter-currently free happens to land in prison slightly before the polling day will that person be allowed to vote?
2. Police Station cells are not under ZCS jurisdiction, will people that have been remanded since voter registration started be allowed to register?
3. Will registered voters that happen to be in Police Cells on the polling be allowed to vote?
4. What will happen to prisoners registered to vote who will be transferred to different correctional facilities, will they’ve to be taken back to vote from the prison they registered?