–citizens will have 12-hour window each day to complete, rectify registration transactions
THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced an extension of operating hours for its upcoming Claims and Objections Exercise, which will commence on Monday.
According to information from GECOM, a Claims and Objections Exercise will commence on Monday and conclude on June 18, 2025. In this regard, GECOM had given notice that its registration offices countrywide will open at 08:00 hrs and close at 18:00 hrs.
However, in anticipation of an influx of eligible persons desirous of conducting registration transactions, GECOM has taken a decision to extend the closing time for the conduct of registration transactions on June 16th, 17th and 18th 2025 from 18:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs, providing a 12-hour operation window.
The press release from GECOM further stated, “Any person who would be 18 years or older by the 30th June, 2025 and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, or naturalisation or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more is eligible for inclusion in the Official List of Electors (OLE) to be used for the conduct of General and Regional Elections 2025.”
In view of the foregoing, GECOM also urged all eligible persons that on the days outlined above and during the stated hours they can visit the GECOM Registration Office that is responsible for the area where they live to make a claim to entry on the OLE, if his/her name is not on the list, by applying for registration.
Persons already on list can also apply for a transfer if he/she is listed at an address where he/she no longer lives, apply for change of name if he/she has changed his/her name since he/she was registered or apply for correction if there is incorrect information in the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE).