[civsoc-mw] Suspension of Registration of New Voters in Mangochi North East

[KPD]

Trevor,

On the contrary, citizenry is guaranteed to vote every 5 years without
fail. There is no guarantee of ever voting in between.

The whole country has people reaching 18 years of age every day. Even for
the main elections, registration is done more than 2 months prio election
day. There are hundreds, if not thousands, who attain 18 years in the
intervening period before the elections. They can't claim that they are
left out unless you want to say registration should be done on the voting
day so that no one turning 18 years should not be denied their right.


It is unfair to claim to be giving the right to vote to pockets of people
just because they are lucky to have a by-election. Let them wait for 5
years like any other voter in the country.

There is no reasonable justification for having new registration everytime
there is a by election apart from wasting of resources and enriching the
MEC guys with unjustified allowances.

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020, 13:25 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
wrote:

> KPD,
>
> On the contrary, we should be working towards credible systems where the
> eligible citizenry (and others eligible to vote) can register at any time.
> To achieve this would require decentralization of the systems.
>
> The regularity of an  election cycle has nothing to do with the right to
> vote. Once one attains 18 they attain eligibility to vote.
>
> On Sep 20, 2020, at 11:34 PM, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Continuous registration to accommodate those who turn 18 shouldn't apply
> to a by election or any election that is held within the 5 years. It is for
> the next election main election i.e 2024..
>
> It is travesty of democracy to add new voters when the election is to
> replace a member who may be deceased or who vacate the position for
> whatever reason. New roll is compiled when parliament is dissolved.
>
> New elections are done every 5 years and so is voter registration.
>
> ALL people register and a voters roll created and inspected for the
> election of parliament for a term of 5 years.  Those so registered have the
> mandate to vote in an election in that constituency over that 5 year
> period. That roll remains valid for 5 years. Only transfers and removal of
> deceased from the roll is done should there be any election within the 5
> years.
>
> If parliament is dissolved a new voters roll is created by registering
> everyone.
>
> The registration of new voters, whether they have just turned 18 or not,
> has been perpetuated because of ALLOWANCES. It is not provided for. It has
> turned something that is basically illegal into normal.
>
> It is easy to go to court after a by election and argue that the wrong
> voters roll with unknown names was used.
>
> As I have said, I am talking from what obtains in other countries. New
> party members are recruited and registered for party primary elections if
> there is a by election. However, such people can not vote in a by election
> unless they were in the voters roll of the first elections.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2020, 20:59 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Look at the provisions of the PPEA relating to registration of voters and
>> the power given to the EC in that regard.
>>
>> > On Sep 19, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Maybach Woyee <mbchwoyee5 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > Mfana,
>> > Which provision are you referring to?
>> > MB
>>
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