Mayor of Freetown Concerns Over Challenges Faced By First Time Voters in Western Area Urban Registration Centers

2 years ago

The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has expressed concerns over challenges experienced by first time voters in the Western Area Urban registration centers. The Mayor expressed these concerns in...

As Extension of Voters’ Registration Imminent, ECSL Projects 3.5 Million People to Register

2 years ago

Though the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone(ECSL) has encountered serious challenges in the ongoing voter registration that commenced on Saturday 3rd September 2022, the commission has projected that...

Equipment and Software Irregularities Affect Voter Registration Despite About US$10 million Government Procurement Expenditures

2 years ago

Sierra Leone’s national voter registration exercise for 2023 commenced on 3 September 2022, and was fraught with technical and bureaucratic challenges. Hundreds of videos and other evidence collected...

Is ECSL Deliberately Disenfranchising Prospective First-time Voters?

2 years ago

It seems as if it's no longer a matter of technical problems, nor an issue of challenges, but it's now convincing that the ECSL is attempting to either restrain or disenfranchise prospective first-time...

NEW Calls For Patience Over Voter Registration

2 years ago

The National Elections Watch (NEW) has called on the public to be patient with the current anomalies encountered in the ongoing voter registration process, noting that they will engage the Electoral Commission...

Monitoring Voter Registration: APC Objects ECSL’s Decision to Deal With Peter Conteh’s Men

2 years ago

The Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) of the All People’s Congress (APC) has written a letter to the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL’s) objecting its decision to deal solely...

Thumb Print is Affecting ECSL Registration in Kenema

2 years ago

The ongoing voter registration in Kenema District is marked with several challenges, Key among them is the thumb print. Most of the callers on our radio stations in Kenema strongly complain about the machine...

Read Statement of Leader of Opposition, Chernor Maju Bah on The Challenges in The Voter Registration Process

2 years ago

The voter registration process for the 2023 elections which started on the 3rd of September 2022, has continued to attract an impressive turnout of citizens at registration centers across the country....

Deputy Head of EU Delegation Visits Voter Registration Centers

2 years ago

Deputy Head of Delegation, European Union, Juan Frutos has visited Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) Registration Centres in Freetown and Western Area Rural District to get firsthand information...

“Some Registration Centres Did Not Open on the first Day,” National Election Watch Reveals

2 years ago

The National Election Watch (NEW) has revealed that the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) started the National Voter Registration exercise on 3rd September 2022 as scheduled for the first phase,...