The Electoral Commission Of Zambia (ECZ) has shifted the date of commencement of the mobile voter registration from the initial October 19, 2020 to October 28, 2020.
The commission has also extended the completion of the same exercise from the November 20, to November 30 2020.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said the changes were meant to accommodate all eligible voters who would have gotten their national registration cards during the ongoing periodic national registration exercise which comes to an end on October 30.
Nshindano is hopeful that the issuance of NRCs will not be extended further and that in an event that it happens, the ECZ will not adjust the time to start the voter registration exercise.
Meanwhile Nshindano has disclosed that the ECZ will introduce the conversion of streams into polling stations in the 2021 general elections.
He disclosed that the new development will be piloted in the forth-coming Lukashya and Mwansabombwe parliamentary by elections.
Source: Radio Phoenix
