{"id":360807,"date":"2024-07-29T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=360807"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:17:52","slug":"81-of-eligible-voters-registered-ecn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=360807","title":{"rendered":"81% of eligible voters registered &#8211; ECN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has announced that since the commencement of the General Registration of Voters (GRV), a cumulative total of 1,315,124 eligible Namibians have registered as voters inside the country and at all Namibian Diplomatic Missions abroad, representing 81% of the eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This announcement was made by Petrus Shaama, Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer of the ECN, who added that the General Registration of Voters (GRV) is coming to an end in the next four days.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-426x300.jpg 426w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-270x190.jpg 270w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/453158272_789705863333289_5640679892831551121_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: ECN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Commission is pleased to inform stakeholders and members of the public that since the commencement of the GRV on 03 June \u2013 27 July 2024, a cumulative total of 1,315,124 eligible Namibians have registered as voters inside the country and at all Namibian Diplomatic Missions abroad, representing 81% of the eligible voters. 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