People should verify their voters’ details
Dear Editor,
THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) launched the physical inspection and online inspection of the provisional voters register to cover the period between Monday March 29, 2021 and Friday April 2, 2021.
However, the provisional voters register inspection has since been extended by another five days starting from Saturday April 3, 2021 to Wednesday April 7, 2021. This is the last chance for people to verify their details because it won’t be extended anymore.
The main purpose of the inspection of the provisional voter’s register is to afford an opportunity to the potential electorate verify their details such as names, age, sex, National Registration Card number and the polling station. If there are some anomalies, these can be corrected before the polling day.
One million voters out of the seven million registered voters verified their details as of last Friday. This is not a good number as a matter of fact. On this score, there is need for ECZ and other stakeholders to sensitise people on the importance of having their voter’s details verified.
My NRC number in the
ECZ voter’s register shows 5298130/11/1 instead of 529130/11/1. I had my NRC number rectified last Saturday at Lusaka City Council Library polling centre. I am now eligible to vote on August 12, 2021.
If few people verify details on their voter’s cards, there is the possibility that many people will be disenfranchised on the polling day. Let us take the provisional voter’s register verification exercise seriously and the right time is now.