Month: April 2019 Posts

No one will rig elections – MEC assures Malawians

Apr 25, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) has assured Malawians that its results management process for the May 21 Tripartite elections is not prone to rigging as alleged by some presidential candidates. Speaking at Nthunduwala Primary school in… ...

MEC shreds 2017 by-election records

Mar 26, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Monday disposed off all electoral records for the 2017 by-elections so that the ballot boxes used to store the records can be used in the 21 May elections. The… ...

MEC urges candidates to vet voter ballot paper templates

Mar 06, 2019 Joshua Mphanda - Contributor 0 &

Commissioner Jean Mathanga who is also chairperson of the audit and finance committee at Malawi Electoral Commission has urged candidates contesting in the forthcoming tripartite elections to verify their symbols, names and faces in the… ...

MEC registers 735,000 in phase 7

Oct 27, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has registered about 735,000 people in phase seven of the voter registration process. In the phase, the commission has registered 735,764 voters against a projection of 905,780 in… ...

MEC says registration kit got missing in OPC truck

Oct 26, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 3 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the biometric kit that was found in Mozambique went missing while being transported in a Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) Tata truck. The electoral body has also said… ...

MEC bemoans absence of monitors at registration centres

Oct 11, 2018 Chrissie Mainjeni - MEC Stringer 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has bemoaned absence of party monitors at registration centres in Chiradzulu, saying this compromises credibility of elections. This was said during a visit to seven registration centres in the on-going voter… ...

MEC not afraid of being sued

Apr 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

Despite the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) threatening to file a contempt of court case against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) over a decision to have a by-election in Lilongwe City South East constituency, the electoral body… ...