Voter registration begins this morning across the country for the VII General Elections, which will take place on October 9th. Registration, which runs until April 28th, covers all citizens of voting age who were unable to register last year. According to data from the National Elections Commission (CNE), during the next 45 days, electoral bodies will register just over 7.7 million voters, who should join the 8.7 million who were registered in 2023, as part of the elections municipal councils on October 11th. Electoral bodies say they expect a total of 16,497,501 potential voters at polling stations, of which 279,685 are abroad. It should be noted that, abroad, the census begins on March 30th and ends on April 28th. Yesterday, the President of the CNE, Bishop Carlos Matsinhe, once again urged potential voters to flock to the Voter Registration Stations en masse, claiming that “their vote counts for the future of Mozambique”. “We also call on electoral civic education agents and brigadistas to also make efforts to reach all potential voters, with the services that are under their responsibility. Greater flexibility and collaboration between citizens and civic education agents are needed. electoral and brigadistas”, defended Matsinhe, who, in 2023, saw his reputation thrown into the gutter due to the blatant cases of fraud registered in local elections. According to the CNE, voter registration will be carried out at 8,774 Voter Registration Stations, nationwide, which will be assisted by 6,330 brigades, while 391 voter registration stations and 297 brigades were created abroad. In the case of the province of Cabo Delgado, where terrorism continues to sow mourning, the electoral bodies state that they will have to resort to air transport to allocate registration material and the respective voter registration brigades. It should be noted that the strategy was used last year during voter registration, as well as on voting day. Underline that the CNE expects to invest 19.9 billion Meticais in this year’s General Elections, with the Government having already disbursed 6.5 billion Meticais, corresponding to around 33 percent of the Budget. (Letter) Source: Carta de Moçambique
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