The State-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to consider concerns raised by electoral stakeholders over the first phase of the voter registration exercise which had seen many people failing to register, saying they should conduct the registration again. The first phase of the voter registration exercise […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is panicking as potential voters in the party’s stronghold Central Region have shunned him by refusing to register in the first phase of the voter registration exercise ahead of next year’s tripartite elections. People in Kasungu, Dedza and Salima where the first phase of the registration took place […]
Resolutions by key stakeholders in electoral process at the forthcoming National Consultative Forum (NECOF) meeting slated for July 17 in Lilongwe are expected to determine the fate of the first phase of voter registration exercise. The development comes amid concerns by some political parties and civil society organizations calling upon the county’s chief pollster to extend the […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday stormed the offices of Malawi’s electoral commission to demand it to take the necessary steps to ensure the next year’s election will be free and flawless starting with registration of voters. Chakwera, who is a presidential torch bearer of MCP, accuses the […]
As the second phase of voter registration exercise is expected to start on 13th July, 2018, leaders from different political parties in Ntchisi are optimistic that most of their subjects will register to vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections. The political party leaders in the district pointed out that they do not want the repetition of […]
As Mchinji is in the second phase of registration,Senior chief Mlonyeni has advised his subjects not to put on party colors when going to register their names during voter registration from 13th to 26th July. Speaking during a voter registration sensitization meeting organised by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) with people in his area, T/A Mlonyeni said […]
Figures from pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) show that far less people registered for the just ended phase one voter registration exercise Kasungu, Dedza and Salima. However, MEC commissioner Moffat Banda ruled out returning to the three districts for another round of registration after the first one flopped, saying this could affect the elections […]
University of Malawi’s (Unima) Chancellor College political scientist Ernest Thindwa has pleaded with the Malawi Electoral Commission(EC) imploring it to extend the just ended registration exercise in the phase one. Thindwa in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times warned against failure to ensure that everyone is given an opportunity to register for the 2019 Tripartite elections. […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it is to release figures of how many people have registered in the just ended first phase of voter registration on Tuesday. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said this after reports indicate that less than half of the targeted voters have registered for voting in Dedza. Civil rights activists […]
Various civil rights activists are expressing outrage at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) decision to end the voter registration exercise on Monday, saying in Dedza just a handful 160, 000 people have registered out of the projected 400,000. Civic education managers, Nice executive director Ollen Mwalubunju said the reason why people are staying away from […]
National Elections Systems Trust (Nest) officials are up in arms with the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has a ploy with the government to rig MCP votes in central region by ensuring most people do not vote. Nest executive director Unandi Banda said his organisation raised a red […]
Public election managers, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not commited to calls to extend voter registration exercise in some parts of the central region. In a statement issued late evening on Sunday, MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa is reminding people in Kasungu, Dedza and Salima that the voter registration exercise ends on Monday at 4pm. […]
Civil society activists say they are shocked with the low turn up in the first phase of the registration exercise which ends Monday and has since pleaded with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to extend. Timothy Mtambo, executive director of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), said this after reports of wide spread voter […]
Voter registration started yesterday in Dedza, Salima Kasungu districts and Kasungu Municipality which are the councils covered under phase one which is running from June 26 to July 9, 2018. Centre are opening from 8AM to 4PM including lunch hour, weekends and public holidays, thus the registration centres shall be open on July 6 which is the Independence Day holiday. […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Tuesday launched the first phase of voter registration exercise for for the 2019 Tripartite Elections . MEC chairlady Jane Ansah officially launched the exercise in Kasungu and urged u all eligible voters, including those who will turn 18 on the last date of registration in November, to register […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has asked stakeholders in the country to assume a bigger role of sensitizing to the masses the importance of taking part during voter registration to ensure that 2019 polls are successful and credible. MEC registration runs from 26th June 2018 to 9th November 2018 and phase one of voter registration has districts of Dedza, Salima […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has sternly warned traditional leaders against supporting particular candidates or parties in the run up to the election, saying this is a recipe for political violence. MEC commissioner Moffat Banda says experience has shown that past election violence was caused by partisan chiefs who work to help certain candidates and […]
Election voter registration staff hired by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are warning of sabotage at the start of the exercise unless their allowance is increased. The voter registration staff are given K120000 each for a fortnight which translates into K8500 a day. But some staff, undergoing training in Blantyre, said they would take up […]