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Khmer Times/Taing Vida
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks.
Voter registration is changing from a manual to a computer system. Registration started on September 1 for next year’s commune elections and the national election in 2018. The process ends on November 29.
Hang Puthea, a spokesman for the NEC, said yesterday that the organization’s top officials are going to the 25 provincial capitals to discover the challenges which have cut the rate of registrations from 70,000 in a day to below 30,000.
“After the mission to these places, we will meet and discuss the action to take. The NEC will consider prolonging the process in some areas that need more time because voters have difficulties registering,” he said.
The NEC does not expect every eligible voter to register because some might want to give up their vote. But Mr. Puthea hoped people would use their right to vote.
The NEC said on Monday that about seven million people have registered to vote. This represented more than 73 percent of the nine million citizens over the age of 18 who are eligible.
Mr. Puthea said the NEC would remove more than 20,000 duplicated voter names which were mistakenly inserted by NEC officials and were caused by an internet error.
As of yesterday, 70 complaints related to the registration procedure had been resolved, while another 11 were being handled.
After the 2013 elections, the opposition party and some electoral monitoring organizations said the old voting list had many errors because registration at that time was done by hand by junior officials.
These officials made mistakes such as missing voter names and doubling up on some names.
Critics said these inaccuracies were reflected in election results and there were demands for the NEC leadership to change.
Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, said from France yesterday on his Facebook page that people should register to vote to change the country’s leader.
He said: “It is an opportunity for people to get exclusive rights to determinate their lives and the country by choosing new leaders who can organize our society better.”
This year the NEC has a budget of $23 million. It plans to reduce spending to about $16 million next year and for this to fall further in 2018, Mr. Puthea added.
Clik here to view.
Khmer Times/Taing Vida
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks.
Voter registration is changing from a manual to a computer system. Registration started on September 1 for next year’s commune elections and the national election in 2018. The process ends on November 29.
Hang Puthea, a spokesman for the NEC, said yesterday that the organization’s top officials are going to the 25 provincial capitals to discover the challenges which have cut the rate of registrations from 70,000 in a day to below 30,000.
“After the mission to these places, we will meet and discuss the action to take. The NEC will consider prolonging the process in some areas that need more time because voters have difficulties registering,” he said.
The NEC does not expect every eligible voter to register because some might want to give up their vote. But Mr. Puthea hoped people would use their right to vote.
The NEC said on Monday that about seven million people have registered to vote. This represented more than 73 percent of the nine million citizens over the age of 18 who are eligible.
Mr. Puthea said the NEC would remove more than 20,000 duplicated voter names which were mistakenly inserted by NEC officials and were caused by an internet error.
As of yesterday, 70 complaints related to the registration procedure had been resolved, while another 11 were being handled.
After the 2013 elections, the opposition party and some electoral monitoring organizations said the old voting list had many errors because registration at that time was done by hand by junior officials.
These officials made mistakes such as missing voter names and doubling up on some names.
Critics said these inaccuracies were reflected in election results and there were demands for the NEC leadership to change.
Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, said from France yesterday on his Facebook page that people should register to vote to change the country’s leader.
He said: “It is an opportunity for people to get exclusive rights to determinate their lives and the country by choosing new leaders who can organize our society better.”
This year the NEC has a budget of $23 million. It plans to reduce spending to about $16 million next year and for this to fall further in 2018, Mr. Puthea added.
