The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is appealing to all applicants who have completed their registration transactions to uplift their identification (ID) cards as soon as they are able.
In advisory issued yesterday, GECOM once again is advising persons who completed registration transactions such as: i) application for new registration, ii) changes/corrections to their registration particulars, or iii) applied for a replacement ID going back to since 2008 and have not uplifted their National Identification Card, to do so at their earliest convenience.
According to the release, GECOM is well aware that in some instances registrants may have changed their addresses since the registration transactions were conducted; resulting in them not being able to uplift their ID card from the GECOM office where the application for registration was made. In this regard, it advises such persons to visit the GECOM registration office responsible for their new area of residence, to request their ID card. Consequently, the Commission will make the necessary arrangements to have the ID cards transferred to the registration offices responsible for the new areas of residence to enable the delivery of the cards.
The release also informed that the distribution of ID cards is being done at all GECOM permanent registration offices countywide during normal working hours: Monday to Thursday from 8.00 hours to 16.30 hours; and Fridays from 8.00 hours to 15.30 hours. The offices are closed for lunch from 12.00 hours to 13.00 hours.
GECOM also emphasised that the registrants must appear in person to uplift their ID cards.