Original report from Phnom Penh
23 October 2007
Nearly 900,000 new voters registered for upcoming national elections, the government committee in charge said Tuesday, claiming an increase over expectations of 30 percent.
But critics say the numbers are unreliable, due to numerous irregularities observed during registration, as Cambodia gears up for national parliamentary elections in July 2008.
National Election Committee Secretary-General Tep Nitha said Thursday he had expected about 680,000 new voters to register.
Registration lists will be displayed across the country from Oct. 25 to Nov. 30, allowing voters to amend the lists, correct name spelling, or transfer their voting rights from one administrative commune to another, he said.
He reminded voters that if they have moved from one commune to another, they must register at their new commune.
NEC's preliminary results were calculated through Oct. 20, from 1,612 of the country's 1,621 communes. The estimated number of people who had not registered was 682,459. However, those registered, about 893,131, equalled 130.87 percent of those predicted, the NEC said.
But critics say the numbers are unreliable, due to numerous irregularities observed during registration, as Cambodia gears up for national parliamentary elections in July 2008.
National Election Committee Secretary-General Tep Nitha said Thursday he had expected about 680,000 new voters to register.
Registration lists will be displayed across the country from Oct. 25 to Nov. 30, allowing voters to amend the lists, correct name spelling, or transfer their voting rights from one administrative commune to another, he said.
He reminded voters that if they have moved from one commune to another, they must register at their new commune.
NEC's preliminary results were calculated through Oct. 20, from 1,612 of the country's 1,621 communes. The estimated number of people who had not registered was 682,459. However, those registered, about 893,131, equalled 130.87 percent of those predicted, the NEC said.
4 comments:
The election would only be fair or just if and only if there is UN armed force patrolling every voting booth for that week or two.
Hey, if you can get the UN to do that, no one will object to it, except we will not pay no more UN personnel. This election will cost us around 50Millions USD already.
Maybe these 900,000 new voters are yuon. They are registered to vote for whom could provide them safe places to live. so they can become khmer, due to voter ID proof.
I am smer too.
dammit.
Whatever, as long no one violating any rule of law, that is all that count, right?
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