The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is targeting to register 1,017,140 eligible voters in Blantyre, Mwanza, Chikhwawa and Ntcheu from 16th to 29th August 2018. MEC’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Sam Alfandika saidthe Commission has established reserve personnel who are meant to take over the centre operations whenever they are incapacitated to work due to various […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has so far registered a total of 2,686,903 voters in the completed three phases of the voter registration exercise. MEC’s Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah told a news conference on Friday in Blantyre that the total registrants represent 81 percent of the projected 3,304,492 voters for 2018. “Out of the total […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has told stakeholders in Chikwawa to be alert to prevent other nationalities registering as voters as Registration exercise Commenced on Thursday in the district. MEC commissioner Elvey Mtafu alerted members of District Elections Supervisory Team (DEST) and Multiparty Liaison Committee (MPLC) in Chikwawa on wesday during the launch of voter […]
Pollster, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is appealing to Malawians in diaspora to come and register if they are to vote in next year’s highly contested general election. MEC commissioner Clifford Baloyi said this in Blantyre on Wednesday as he kicked off the fourth phase of voter registration in Blantyre, Mwanza, Thyolo and Mulanje which started […]
The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust in the Northern Region has cautioned people from giving their national identity cards away, describing the cards as a personal property. The warning comes amidst increasing reports that some people in Lilongwe have had their ID cards snatched by agriculture extension workers purportedly for purposes of registering farm input subsidy (FISP) […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has confirmed that some ministry of Agriculture extension workers are confiscating national IDs for some people in Lilongwe on the pretext that they want to be registered for farm input subsidy program (fisp). MEC chief elections officer Sam Alufandika said his office communicated the matter with the principal secretary and […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Justice Dr. Jane Ansah has bemoaned the lack of representatives from political parties in the ongoing voter registration in Lilongwe. Ansah made these remarks despite the high turnout of people registering in Lilongwe when she inspected some six centres as part of her tour in Lilongwe City Centre […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are playing down reports that preparation for the 2019 tripartite elections at Likoma and Chizumulu islands might negatively be affected after election clerks are refusing to take up their positions. District Elections Officer Peter Chimsole said the person who successfully passed the interviews for the islands is refusing to take […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Dr. Jane Ansah has expressed satisfaction over high voter registration in Mchinji. Having visited some registration centres in Mchinji Central, Mchinji East, and South West Constituencies, Ansah said she was impressed with the high number of people participating in the registration exercise. In an interview at Bua Primary School in […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has slashed nomination fees for women, the youth and people with disability after an uproar led by United Democratic Front (UDF) over the hike which analysts said could have prevented the affected groups from participating in the 2019 election. MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said the youth, under the age of […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has suspended sensitization and civic education for the voter registration exercise in Chitipa because of lions scare in the border district. MEC district elections officer Michael Mkandawire said the most affected area is chief Kameme’s area which also covers most parts of Chitipa north and central constituencies. “The voter registration civic […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has ordered its staff in all the districts to open voter registration centres to enable the last person leave the centre. MEC chairlady Jane Ansah said all members of staff should work round the clock to ensure that everybody is registered. “Nobody should be sent back on the last […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has advised all registration supervisors in the districts where second phase of registration is going to an end to make sure that they register all registrants who will be at registration centers before 4 o’clock on the last day of registration. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said this in Mchinji where she went for […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has played down claims by Vice-President Saulos Chilima that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is planning to an attempt to subvert the will of the people in next year’s elections, saying the electoral process will be transparent and no room for fraudulent results. Chilima said when he […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will not allow political parties to replace—after the end of nomination period—candidates that the poll body may reject, saying parties should ensure they present candidates that are eligible to contest according to the law. The commission’s chairperson Justice Jane Ansah said at a National Election Consultative Forum […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had said it will consider slashing, by half, nomination fees for people with disabilities and youth aspirants in next year’s tripartite elections the same affirmative action it has applied on women. The electoral body made the consideration Tuesday during a national elections consultative meeting with its stakeholders in Lilongwe. MEC chairperson […]
Major political parties in the country are up in arms against exhorbitant nomination fees set by pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), describing them as discriminatory. MEC has announced that those seeking for the office of president will pay K2 million up from K1 million while men wishing to be members of parliament will pay […]
The United Democratic Front (UDF) says Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) revised nomination fees is prohibitive for youths aspiring to contest in the 2019 tripartite elections, calling for a 50 percent slash in nomination fees for young aspirants for elected positions like is the case with women. UDF spokesperson told Nyasa Times times in an interview […]