Month: January 2019 Posts

MEC cautions staff to be impartial

Jan 28, 2019 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned electoral staff in the Northern Region to exercise impartiality and neutrality in handling the nomination process in order to ensure credibility of this Year's Tripartite Elections slated for… ...

Good start to voter registration in Mzuzu

Oct 29, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

Despite delayed supply of materials to some registration centres, registration of eligible voters under phase eight has started on a positive note in Mzuzu as many people registered on the first day of the exercise.… ...

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… ...

Political parties still defiant on election monitors

Oct 26, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

Despite the Malawi Electoral Commission sending several reminders to political parties in the country to submit names of party representatives to monitor the voter registration and proceeding electoral activities, most parties continue to be defiant… ...

MEC registration kit found in Mozambique

Oct 26, 2018 Lyonike Mughogho 2 &

As the hype to the 2019 tripartite elections keeps proliferating, a missing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) voter registration kit has been found in the neighbouring Mozambique. The registration machine went missing when it was being… ...

12,000 new voters registered in Malawi

Sep 04, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has registered 12,000 new voters during the registration exercise for the October 17 by-elections. According to a statement from the commission, 6,032 men and 6,396 women managed to… ...

MEC happy with voter registration exercise

Aug 26, 2017 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the voter registration exercise for the October 17 by-elections. According to MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa , since the registration exercise commenced in six… ...