The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that the pilot voter registration will be conducted from September 13 to 19 2024.
MEC chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja made the announcement on Monday during the opening of training for Electoral Management Device’s (EMDs) Operators at Mponela, Dowa.
“The pilot registration is going to run in two phases, the first one from 13th and 14th September and the second phase from 18th and 19th September” said Mtalimanja.
The MEC boss, further revealed that the actual voter registration will be rolled out on the 21st October and it’s going to run for three phases.
MEC has identified 100 sites across the country to conduct the pilot voter registration exercises.
The exercise is designed to test the devices, confirm their usability and gather insight before the full scale voter registration.
According to MEC, participants in the pilot exercise will also be required to register as voters when the official registration begins.
Every Malawian who was born before or by 16th September 2007 will be eligible to register as a voter.
There are 229 Parliamentary Constituencies, up from 193 in 2019; 509 Council Wards, up from 462 in 2019 and 6344 registration centres, up from 5002 in 2019 for the 2025 tripartite elections.
