In a bid to ensure that every registered citizens exercise their right to vote in the upcoming general elections, the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) has commenced early voting for Muslim pilgrims across the country.
The opportunity allows pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land of Mecca to cast their ballots before embarking on their religious pilgrimage.
According to a press release issued by the ECSL, the early voting process is being conducted in accordance with the powers conferred by Section 33 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991, as well as the Public Elections Act, 2022, and The Public Elections (Early Voting) Regulations, 2023.
The voting period for the presidential election began at 7 a.m. and will continue until 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Registered voters who have applied for early voting can visit the ECSL’s District Office in the District Headquarter town where they are registered to cast their ballots.
The Commission has also extended an invitation to political parties and observers who wish to observe the process, urging them to contact the External Relations Department for accreditation.
The ECSL has further announced that the counting of early voting ballots will take place at the last polling stations of designated polling centers on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the close of polls.
The list of designated polling centers for early voting is provided below:
ECSL said the ballot papers will be available soon but where did they get this stuff ballot 🗳️ papers
1 Where did you have the bollots paper
2 and how is possible
We are waiting for the answers
Why’s it that only yesterday the ECSL issue a presss statement today the 15 June 2023 is the voting day and which of course they told the public of ballot papers arriving sometime this week end which of course it might not arrive this week again where they get this ballots papers from & how credible this early voting will be without any clarification to all stakeholders, this is too bad I’m afraid of seeing something might happen in to that country ECSL try to do the right thing for the sake of peace ✌️✌️✌️.
This election needs to be supervised properly cuz ………..
Look wae ESL dae lie , una nor even contact the main opposition APC party fr sen den yone observers for the election , but una try time go fit clock
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