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The Election Commission has urged the general public to ignore the falsehoods being sold on social media regarding the special voting exercise.
According to the EC, a video circulating on social media claiming that the Commission had denied security agencies the opportunity to register and participate in the special voting exercise scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, is unfounded, false and unfounded.
In a press release on the matter, the EC said that it had written to all security agencies and media asking them to submit the names of their officials who intend to participate in the special voting exercise.
“After receiving the various lists, the Electoral Commission captured the details of the applicants in the Special Voter Registry,” however, some people had submitted incorrect identification card numbers, the EC stated.
The names of these people, according to the EC, were not reflected in the Special Register of Voters because their identification cards were not valid.
“Some of these applicants submitted the identification numbers of the old voter identification card,” revealed the EC.
They added that “After the completion of the Special Voter Registry, the Electoral Commission held conversations with the Security and Media Agencies and provided them with printed copies of the Special Voter Registry.
“The Commission presented evidence showing details of individuals who were not included in the Special Voter Registry as a result of invalid identification card numbers submitted to the Commission.
According to the EC, most of the errors involved incorrect digits from the voter’s identification card.
“In most cases, the digits on the voter identification cards were less than or greater than ten (10), which is the legitimate number of digits on the voter identification card.”
However, the Commission reached out to those who provided phone numbers and corrected the incorrect information submitted.
This category of people was reflected in the Final Special Voters List, the EC said.
The EC further denied allegations that applicants who had requested the Special Voting but whose names were not registered in the Special Voter Registry due to the fact that their identification card numbers were not valid, could not vote during the Elections of the December 7th. .
According to the Commission, the claim is false and must be rejected.
The Commission stated that it has no interest in preventing applicants from using the special voting facility and “For the first time in the history of the Election Commission, the Register of Special Voters and Voting Locations have been posted on the website. Special Commission “.
Therefore, the Commission has asked the Security Agencies “to investigate the falsehood that the alleged ” Security Expert ” is selling on social networks and ask the public to ignore this video since the content is completely FALSE” .
They assured the general public that the “Commission is ready to carry out the special voting exercise on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 and we kindly ask applicants to visit our website for the details of their voting locations.”
