Persons with uncollected ID cards will not be struck from voters’ list

By Thandeka Percival On In Guyana News |
GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh addressing reporters at her first press conference yesterday, while being flanked by GECOM public relations officer Yolanda Ward (at left), Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers. (Terrence Thompson photo)
GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh addressing reporters at her first press conference yesterday, while being flanked by GECOM public relations officer Yolanda Ward (at left), Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers. (Terrence Thompson photo)

None of the roughly 19,000 persons who didn’t uplift their ID cards from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be prevented from voting.

This was confirmed yesterday at the inaugural press conference hosted by GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh and followed concerns that they would be struck from the final voters’ list if they didn’t collect the identification cards.

GCEOM will from today publish the names of the persons who have not collected their cards, in some cases since 2008.

The list, which is to appear in the four daily newspapers and on the commission’s website, features registrants who will able to vote and are likely to be subject to “greater scrutiny” at the March 2 General and Regional Elections if they don’t collect their cards.