By Jomo Paul
[www.inewsguyana.com] – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) and persons are being urged to check the list to ensure that they are registered to vote at the May 11 polls.
Aside from being available online, the list is also available in hard copy in communities across the country for persons to peruse and ensure that they are listed.
The PLE will be available for scrutiny for the next 21 days after which it is expected that the Official List of Electors (OLE) would be released.
During this period persons can conduct claims and objections at publicized GECOM registration offices across the country.
Last week, GECOM said mobile units will be dispatched throughout the interior locations and a number of temporary offices will also be established in all divisions and sub-divisions during the claims and objections period.
The Commission says this upcoming period is an, “essential one for as the Commission sanitizes the Preliminary List of Electors.”
The Claims period will allow eligible electors who meet the specific requirements to gain entry onto the Primary list of Electors, (PLE) securing them their voting rights.
Anyone who will be 18 years or older by April 30, 2015 – who is not registered will be allowed to do so during this period.
This period also provides a window of opportunity to persons already registered who are desirous of having changes and/or have corrections made to their registration information currently entered on the Preliminary Voters List.
Electors already registered can request a transfer if they have moved from one sub division to another, or from one registration area to another.
“During the objections phase, an elector may visit the appropriate registration office in their sub-division or registration area to object to an entry in the Preliminary List of Electors.”
The PLE is available in the link below:
http://www.gecom.org.gy/PLE2015.html
