Month: December 2018 Posts

Phase three of voter verification starts today

Dec 26, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The third phase of the voters’ register inspection and verification exercise begins today in eight districts in the Southern Region. The phase will run from 26th to 30th December, 2018. It will cover Mangochi, Balaka,… ...

MEC support staff arrested for stealing electoral equipment

Dec 15, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody a 23-year-old Biometric Voter Registration Kit (BVRK) operator for stealing registration equipment. The operator stole a power bank worth K35,000. Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer Harry Namwaza confirmed… ...

SMS voter verification method secure – MEC

Dec 13, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its new voter verification system using SMS is secure from crimes such as hacking and intrusion into voter data. After successfully registering 6.8 million voters in the voter registration… ...

Number of registered voters rises

Dec 12, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The number of registered voters for the 2019 elections has risen to 6 859 375 following a cleaning and inspection exercise of the voter’s register conducted by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). At the end… ...

Inspection of voters’ register starts Monday

Dec 06, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says inspection of the voters’ registration exercise will start next week. This is according to MEC Chief Elections Officer Sam Alfandika who said the inspection exercise will run from December… ...

Chiefs commit to free and fair 2019 elections

Nov 17, 2018 Alex Sakala 0 &

With a few months to 2019 tripartite election, Traditional leaders in the country have signed an Electoral Code of Conduct aimed at achieving free and fair elections. Over the past elections, chiefs have been blamed… ...

Mzuzu voter registration falls below expectations

Nov 14, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

Mzuzu City has recorded a low number of registered voters against the projected statistics for the city in comparison with Zomba and Lilongwe. This is despite an eleventh hour rush by residents of the city… ...