PPP urges Guyanese to take advantage of Objections period –so as to ensure ‘clean and accurate’ voters list

THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Objections subset of its Claims and Objections period is ongoing.And the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has urged all Guyanese to take advantage of the process to ensure that come May 11, the voters list is a “clean and accurate” one.

“All are urged to make objections to persons on the PLE that are either dead or underage so that a clean and accurate list can be prepared for May 11, 2015,” said Party General Secretary Clement Rohee on Tuesday at a news conference.
He stated too that thousands who have taken advantage of the Claims and Objections process to date is justification of the Party’s position on its sustained representation of the large number of unregistered persons and persons needing transfers after the completion of the last cycle of registration.

NEW REGISTRANTS
According to GECOM, the most recent numbers approximate transfers at 6,375, due to issues related to change of address, etc., while another 3,904 used the process to become new registrants.
Also, there were approximately 1,646 changes and corrections to existing registration information, and 1,681 replacements of identification cards requested, 634 retakes of photographs.
The Objections period is currently ongoing and ends on Sunday and to date, the Commission has recorded some 55 objections.
Once the Objections period has ended, GECOM will be expected to host hearings, at which point it will be decided whether the objections will be upheld or not.
Additionally, prior to the start of the Claims and Objections period, the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) was published to allow for review by eligible voters.
The PLE’s publication, as well as several other operational undertakings, had to be completed before a date for the Claims and Objections period was named.
The Claims and Objections period is necessary to finalise the Official List of Electors (OLE), which will facilitate voting on Elections Day
Additionally, GECOM has indicated that the Revised List of Electors (RLE), following the end of the ongoing Claims and Objections period, could possibly be completed by March 16, while the OLE is likely to be published by April 13. (Vanessa Narine)

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