Somaliland’s Voter Registration to Continue in Sanaag

The electoral commission of the breakaway Somaliland has said the second phase of voter registration of Sanaag region will continue till mid-August to ensure as many people as possible register before the general poll.

Electoral commission official in charge of the exercise for Sanaag, Abdirahman Mohamed clarified that persons who would not have enlisted as voters for the last fifteen days could still do so at the constituency headquarters.

“The registration still continues at the constituency level. Whoever does not register by tomorrow can still visit our constituency offices and get registered,” he said.

 

The officer said that what was concluding by the last 15 days, was the ward level registration but the enlisting of voters  would continue until months before the election.

“The constituency registration is continuous up to three months before the election according to the law,” the officer affirmed.

 

The registration has been ongoing for the past two weeks with the commission hoping to net 12000 new voters by the end of the exercise.