IEBC resumes Continuous Voter Registration
The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has Tuesday confirmed that it has resumed the constituency office-based Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and revision of the voter’s roll upon conclusion of the National Enhanced Continues Voter Registration.
The commission however notes that the CVR exercise is for; new registration, transfer of registration status, change of particulars and deletion of dead voters.
Through a statement undersigned by Commission Chair Wafula Chebukati, IEBC reiterated that the resumed CVR exercise is for eligible persons who have not registered as voters before.
“Those who registered as voters in 2017, including those who registered in the just concluded ECVR, need not register again,” he said.
The statement in addition revealed the ECVR exercise carried out countrywide enrolled a total of 1,519,294 new voters out of the projected target of approximately 6,000,000 eligible voters.
Further, a total of 421,057 registered voters applied for transfer from one registration centre to another.
The ECVR which was conducted from 4th October to 5th November 2021 also confirmed IEBC registered 25.3% of the target.
According to Chebukati, the Commission will subject the said 1,519,294 new voters’ record to a deduplication process that involves comparing the biometric data of the new voters with those of the existing 19,668,968 voters for purposes of eliminating any multiple records.
In addition, the Commission will service the requests for transfer, change of particulars and deletion of dead voters from the Register of Voters (ROV).
Citizens residing outside Kenya will also have an opportunity to register after the Commission publishes in the Kenya Gazette the names of registration centres and countries in which registration and voting are scheduled to take place and the period of registration.
The exercise after being Gazetted will be conducted for a period of fifteen (15) days from 6th to 20th December 2021.
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