The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has extended the Voter Registration Exercise for a period to be announced next week on Tuesday 15th December, 2020.
ECZ Chief Electoral Officer, Patrick Nshindano said that this was done to allow for a comprehensive review of statistics and logistical arrangements.
Mr. Nshindano said that the Commission has taken note of calls by all stakeholders on the need to extend the voter registration Exercise adding that all eligible voters that have been left out will be captured in the extension period.
Mr. Nshindano said that the voter registration exercise was conducted in four phases from 11th November to 12th December 2020.
Speaking at a press briefing at the ECZ head office today, Mr. Nshindano said that the accumulative figure of registered voters will be announced on Tuesday 15, 2020 further stating that the current figure is still at 4.3 million from the last update.
Mr. Nshindano also disclosed that the Voter registration exercise for persons in lawful custody ends today, and pointed out that the Commission will need time for verification of the voter register before 12th August 2021.
Mr. Nshindano however stated that the ECZ is impressed with the response by all eligible voters to register.
The extension is in order.
Although this decision has no effect on the fact that the pf have already won these elections, we still welcome it. This is because it will reduce any claims by the cry baby upnd members that their supporters were disenfranchised. We do not want petitions again. So we welcome this decision in same way we hope upnnd will welcome the election results when they are announced. Can they be man enough to do so? Only time will tell
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It’s the right and normal thing to do under prevailing circumstance. They shouldn’t expect to be thanked.
Patrick Nshindano can’t even get to registration centers to check on what’s happening because of threats from political lunatics from the PF and UPND. Only sensible engagement with the ECZ will help improve things not persistent attacks and demands for his resignation.
We welcome this news….every eligible Zambian has a right to vote. Another one month will be good.
Thank you ECZ for listening to the call for an extension… It’s the right thing to do
Sitali Simui thank you for what? That was the intention behind publicity of no extension. PF tricks!
Ayatollah – you need to agree that the target was impossible and instead of starting with an arrogant position they should have been more open to dialogue. They could have taken a different approach and all these challenges could not have arisen. Politics in Zambia are backwards and from the word go the current state of doing things was predictable.
It was important that ECZ listens to the cries of the masses regard voter registration extension. Thank you ECZ for listening
We first of all agree with ECZ in extending the voter registration exercise, we still feel the targeted population figure earmarked may still be missed.
The initial 9 million Zambians voter registration was ambitious without any logistical backing admitted by ECZ chair person in lack of funding for this exercise from PF government. Having identified these deficiencies way back at its inception on 11 November 2020, we expressed and called on PF government to be on top of things if they were to deliver as stated. NRC issuance was chaotic and recent revelations of issuing NRCs to underage Zambians and foreigners still remains a huge concern. The voter registration is a constitutional right for Zambians and need to be a continuous exercise. Registration of voters in prisons has not been…
backed by how campaigns will be conducted in prisons when PF cadres have vowed not to allow anyone in the prisons except PF government. To deliver credible elections is more than mere rhetoric of words, listening to diverse views is how a free and fair consensus can be secured. PF can not be a preserve of wisdom.
I listened to the Brief from ECZ today. What is difficult for ECZ to have an indication of number of voters who have registered at each registration centre and then inform the nation that once data on where each registered voter will vote from, ECZ will then be able to indicate number of registered voters at each polling centre? Surely if ECZ is using a good system, information on number of voters registered at each registration centre should be easy to provide. ECZ can then inform the nation that there will be adjustments in terms of how many voters registered at each registration centre will vote at that particular polling station as voters were now free to register as a voter at any registration centre while indicating their preferred polling centre where they will vote from. I dont…
Thank you for extending the voter registration exercise. You have give chance to many others who would otherwise have been left out
The ECZ has now listened to Lungu after he promised the chiefs in Southern Province that he will ‘order’ the ECZ to extend. Justice Chulu will only listen to his putative tribesman.
@Chiluba, have you ever been to ECZ? I’ve been there several times and I appreciate what they do. That’s where I even learned that I share my NRC number with someone 30yrs older. Some of my proposals have been taken on board. I urge you to visit so that you learn, don’t speak from without
No there will be no extension! Never say never! At least the peoples will have prevailed.
Ecz job well done for listening
Was I dreaming? Iam sure I heard ECZ saying there will be no extension. What has suddenly changed?
@Ayatollah, no need to go to ECZ to know that the target was impossible. So you initial wrong proposals failed. A calculator with sober head would be enough to know. Have you done that calculation Ayatollah? If you didn’t it would be clear. No arguments needed. No politics on such a single predictable matter.
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They behave stu.pidly first, then want to look ‘good’, by announcing they will extend. This is all mired in political rigging maneuverers, having a go at frustrating the opposition and other usual preposterous ‘decisions’. Nothing new here.