The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will start issuing Voter Location Slips (VLS) on Sunday 3rd January.
As preparations for the January 14th elections advance to the later stages, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will start issuing Voter Location Slips (VLS) on Sunday 3rd January.
According to Justice Simon Byabakama the Commission’s Chairperson, the voter slips will help voters countrywide to easily locate the particular polling stations where they are supposed to cast their votes from.
“In preparation for voting in the general election, the Electoral Commission has announced that it will issue Voter Location Slips (VLS) to voters across the country to enable them conveniently locate their respective polling stations on polling day,” part of Byabakama’s statement read.
He said that the VLS will bear a voter’s photograph, his or her names, date of birth, and location (that is, the district, constituency, sub-county and parish in addition to the polling station they are supposed to cast their vote from.
As well, he said it will bear a unique barcode which will be read by the biometric voter verification machines that will be deployed at all polling stations across the country.
Byabakama also, noted that the slip will be availed free of charge but each voter will be required to pick the slips in person from either the Parish or Ward supervisor who is an employee of the commission.
“The VLS is a response by the Electoral Commission to complaints raised in the past elections, where some voters reported difficulty in locating their polling stations.It bears the particulars of a voter, namely: photograph, names, date of birth, and location (that is, the district, constituency, sub county, parish and polling station),” Byabakama noted.
“Please note that this Voter location slip (VLS) is free of charge and should only be picked by the voter in person from the Parish/Ward supervisor who is an employee of the commission. Please note that only a person whose particulars appear on the polling day register will be issued a VLS during this issuance exercise.”
Byabakama however, added that voters whose names appear on the register but are unable to produce a VLS on the day of the elections will still be allowed to cast their votes.
“However, the voters register will be the primary document for the purpose of polling adding that a voter whose name is on the voters’ register but is unable to produce a VLS on polling day will be allowed to vote,” he added.
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