Electoral Lists : Annual Registration Is Closed

The annual revision process of electoral registers at Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), has ended. The registration exercise closed yesterday August 31, 2021with the Director General of Elections at ELECAM having visited registration points in the nation’s political capital and supervised last day’s enlistment process. Special dispositions were put in place by ELECAM to ensure that citizens had themselves registered right up to midnight. The closure of electoral registers is in accordance with Section 74 of the Electoral Code. The said Code in its Chapter three on the annual revision of electoral registers states that “Electoral registers shall be permanent. They shall be revised every year throughout the national territory. The annual revision of the electoral registers shall commence on 1 January and end on 31 August every year.” This implies that citizens of voting age who meet the registration requirements will unfortunately no longer be able to have their names added to the list after the stipulated deadline. They will thus have to wait till January 1, 2022 to have themselves enlisted. 
The law also clarifies on situations in which a potential voter showed up to be registered at any of the registration points and was denied. “Any refusal to register an elector must be justified and notified to the elector concerned. Such refusal may be disputed or challenged before the Divisional Supervisory Commission or the Electoral Board as the case may be,” stipulates Section 73(4) of the Electoral Code. 
With the registration process now closed, the elections management body will then proc...