STATEMENT: 2016 Election Vote Transfer Starts From Aug. 15
The Electoral Commission wishes to announce for the information of the general public that it will from Monday August 15, to Friday August 19, 2016 accept applications for Vote Transfer from persons who wish to contest this year’s general elections as Presidential or Parliamentary candidates.
Candidates who wish to transfer their votes from the polling station where they registered to a different polling station, are required to visit the District Office of the Commission in the Constituency where they wish to vote, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.
In order to qualify to transfer your vote, the applicant:
- Must be a registered voter;
- Must be resident in the Constituency other than that in which he/she registered for not less than 12 months;
- Should provide physical proof of his/her new residence, including the residential address.
If successful, the voter shall be assigned to a new polling station in his/her new Constituency of residence.
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