The Electoral Commission of Zambia has dismissed reports that it issued new voter’s cards during the Kasama and Chitambo parliamentary by-elections.
In a press statement made available to ZANIS by ECZ spokesperson Cris Akufuna said the alleged voters cards referred to are replacement cards that were printed before the 2008 presidential by-elections.
Mr Akufuna said that the owners of the cards in question did not however collect their cards on the polling day adding that the cards are still in the custody of the district Electoral officers at the district council offices.
He said that whenever there are by-elections in any constituency, arrangement are made for the collection of these cards as long as the owners identify themselves and produce their national registration cards and mention the polling station at which they registered and in the 2006
He has since confirmed that the replacement cards are printed while the original voter’s cards are hand written.
Mr Akufuna added that the issuance of the uncollected replacement cards will continue in the forthcoming Solwezi Central by-elections slated for next month.
ZANIS
No wonder MMD won in Chitambo, crooked ECZ!
The title should read: ECZ confirms voters cards report
Rigging for Solwezi Central has started in eanerst. This voter roll was done in 2005 or so for the 2006 eections. So why concetrate on replacement of those (if at all this is real) instead of updating the voters register on an on going basis?
Dan Kalale, Priscilla isaacs, Cris Akufuna and Commissioner Joseph Jalasi, mwaya mwe. 2011 is around the corner. No amount of rigging will save you. People will vote so overwhelmingly it will be difficult to rig in favour of the MMD.
This voter replacement should be discouraged. It is one of the ways for rigging elections
What replacement are you talking about? How do you know that there is this number of people who need replacement of cards? This is rigging at its best. Why cant you suspend it for fairness sake? Be carefull ECZ, we watching ka!!!!
They should be send to jail by the next governement.