The National Election Committee (NEC) released its first list of voters on Thursday for the 2022 communal elections and the national elections in 2023. National Election Committee
The National Election Committee (NEC) released its first list of voters on Thursday for the 2022 communal elections and the national elections in 2023. The list is available for viewing at communal halls throughout the country until July 2.
In a written statement released on Thursday, the NEC said 8,629,356 voters were included in the list, accounting for 84.78 per cent of Cambodians aged 18 or above. In addition, 42,918 voters were removed from the list.
NEC member and spokesperson Hang Puthea said everyone who had previously registered to vote has until Tuesday to check if they have been listed as one of the voters.
“In principle, the NEC wants people to check the list that was posted this morning,” Puthea told The Post on Thursday.
He noted that only a handful of people had checked their names on the list, according to the reports from several communes.
People could file a complaint to make corrections on misspelt names and to delete the name of anyone deemed unqualified to vote – such as foreign and/or underage voters, Puthea said.
The voters, he said, have five days to file complaints to the commune halls which have three days to find a solution.
Should the complainants not be satisfied with the commune hall’s solutions, they could file another complaint with the NEC. The response would be given within five days, he said.
Puthea continued that if the people were still dissatisfied with the NEC’s decision, they could file a complaint to the Constitutional Council that would have 10 days to settle the case.
The first round of voters list was announced at a meeting on Thursday, during which the representatives of civil society organisations, political parties and relevant ministries were present.
Puthea said the participants had no objections to what was discussed at the meeting as it was “a regular procedure”. “They all seemed to agree on this [the mechanism of releasing the voters’ list]”.
He further said that the Thursday meeting was also meant to enable journalists to disseminate information to voters, and the authorities such as village chiefs and commune councils, to encourage residents in their respective jurisdictions to exercise their right to check the list.
In case people do not have enough time to check their names on the voters list, the NEC is unable to postpone or extend the deadline, said Phutea, adding that “everything must conform to the NEC’s calendar”.
He said he was confident of the accuracy of the computerised list, saying: “I am not worried about errors in the 2019 voters list. However, the NEC wants people to participate [by checking it],”.
The NEC had said on March 14 that it would officially announce the voter’s list on July 31.
Besides visiting the commune halls, prospective voters could also check their names on the NEC website at www.voterlist.org.kh or through the Voterlist KH smartphone app.
