{"id":661,"date":"2022-05-30T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/oec\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:13:22","slug":"compilation-of-register-of-electors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/?page_id=661","title":{"rendered":"Compilation of Register of Electors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"661\" class=\"elementor elementor-661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a234f89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a234f89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44c98f72\" data-id=\"44c98f72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f23812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f23812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>A. House to house enquiry<\/h3>\n<p>An annual house to house enquiry is usually effected in January* whereby our officers visit every householder after office hours on weekdays and during weekends, in order to register electors. The relevant dates are widely publicized in the press, on radio and TV.<\/p>\n<p>Every householder is called upon to complete a return as prescribed by law (Form B), whilst newly qualified electors have to fill in a declaration of qualification (Form C)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Failure to fill Form B or give false information therein is an offence and may, on conviction, entail a fine of Rs 500.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A circular letter, highlighting the legal aspects of the house to house enquiry and giving guidelines regarding completion of the relevant forms, is issued to every head of household.<br \/>Our officers will, upon request, assist electors in filling the relevant Forms.<br \/>Consequently it is advisable that the National Identity Card or in default the Act of Birth or Passport of every adult be kept handy.<br \/>Data collected on such prescribed Forms enable the compilation of provisional registers (Electors&#8217; lists).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181e19; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 600; text-transform: capitalize;\">B. Registration of Electors<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Usually in April or May*, the provisional registers of electors (Electors&#8217; lists) are made available for consultation by the public during a fortnight at various registration centres throughout the country &#8211; after office hours on week days and Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant dates are widely publicized in the press, on radio and TV, as well as by means of notices and posters affixed in conspicuous places.<br \/>Members of the public are invited to call at these centres to either apply:<br \/>(i)\u00a0for registration of their names, if the latter do not appear in the relevant electors&#8217; lists; or<br \/>(ii)\u00a0for corrections to entries concerning them<\/p>\n<p>by filling in appropriate forms available at the centres.<\/p>\n<p>They are invited to produce their National Identity Cards or in default thereof their Acts of Birth or Passports.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181e19; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 600; text-transform: capitalize;\">C. Registers of Electors<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The final registers of electors, which are compiled thereafter, come into force on the 16th August* of each year and are available for consultation at the Electoral Commissioner&#8217;s Office and at Municipal and District Councils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>For enquiries contact:<\/strong><br \/>Registry &#8211; Phone no: + (230) 241 &#8211; 7000<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">E-mail to: elec@govmu.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>* These dates can be varied following an order made by the Electoral Supervisory Commission after a request from the Electoral Commissioner.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A. House to house enquiry An annual house to house enquiry is usually effected in January* whereby our officers visit every householder after office hours on weekdays and during weekends, in order to register electors. The relevant dates are widely publicized in the press, on radio and TV. Every householder is called upon to complete &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/?page_id=661\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Compilation of Register of Electors<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750,"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electoral.govmu.org\/oec\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}