Dr. Jagdeo says

PEOPLE’S Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday shut down claims made by the Opposition that the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) is registering Venezuelan migrants to vote in the upcoming general and regional elections.
During a press conference at Freedom House, he said: “Now clearly APNU knows they’re going to lose the 2025 elections,” adding that they are deploying scare tactics to cushion it.
According to Dr. Jagdeo, from January to October, about 13,600 people were registered. The majority of the people registered are from Regions Three, 2198 and Four, 5330.
“So we don’t see any evidence of this here in the actual registrations that are taking place in the country. It’s false,” he stated, as he explained that the breakdown mirrored the populations in each region.

Moreover, the PPP General Secretary said when the ‘Claims and Objections’ period arises, the Opposition can raise any concerns that they might have.
GECOM is currently conducting the continuous registration exercise for eligible persons at all permanent Registration Offices in the 10 administrative regions.
This registration exercise will conclude on November 30, 2023. During this registration exercise, any person who will be 14 years and older by the 31st December, 2023, and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalization or registration, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country and living in Guyana for one year or more, can apply for registration, providing he/she was never registered.

According to GECOM, existing registrants who are desirous of updating their records such as a request to correct or change their names, date of birth, occupation and update their addresses are advised that those transactions would also be facilitated during this exercise.

Persons desirous of conducting any registration transaction, whether new registration or changes/corrections to their particulars are required to visit the GECOM Registration Office responsible for their area of residence with the relevant source documents which are: original birth certificate, valid passport, adoption certificate, naturalization certificate or certificate of registration, and deed poll, along with original birth certificate (if applicable) in the case of making applications for new registration.

Further, in the case of applications for change/correction of name and other particulars, persons must walk with their original marriage certificate, marriage certificate with Decree Absolute for divorced women, deed poll with birth certificate, or a new original birth certificate reflecting the new name in the case of application for change/correction of name and other particulars.