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

Tue Sep 22 05:40:26 CAT 2020

Trevor,

Your narrative is that countries that have always done that are wrong.

I have a voter's card and I have participated as a voter in a general
election and a by-election for a council ward. Those who lose their voters
card are given a duplicate. No NEW voters are allowed.

I am talking from experience and you are just assuming.

A by-election is held due to a vacancy in a constituency or ward. The
reasons for a vacancy are numerous including nullification. So in your
opinion certain by-elections require additional new voters and others don't.

Here is the British definition of a by-election;

"A by-election is an election held in a single political constituency to
fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office"

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 02:00 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
wrote:

> KPD,
>
> Registration is envisaged in a general election, in a by election, in a
> referendum, etc. The law provides the periods within which such
> registration shall take place. This idea that registration only takes place
> every five years and the roll established remains the same in those five
> years is simply not supported by the law (except to that narrow extent as
> specified by the MSCA, ie in the case of annulment the voter roll remains
> the same as in the annulled election).
>
> Eligibility to vote and registering to vote are two different processes.
> The constitution guarantees one’s right to vote by setting down criteria
> when eligibility is instantiated. It cannot await the next general
> election.
>
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2020, at 10:28 AM, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> 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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