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Mar 17, 2012 News
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced the commencement of yet another phase of registration that is expected to last three months.
According to GECOM yesterday, the third Cycle of Continuous Registration will begin on Monday at the 27 permanent registration offices located across the country’s ten Administrative Regions.
“The primary objective of this exercise is to provide registration opportunities to eligible persons who are not registered in the current National Register of Registrants (NRR). This exercise is earmarked to conclude on June 18, 2012,” GECOM said in a statement yesterday.
Anyone who will be 14 years or older by September 7, 2012, and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalisation, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country and is living in Guyana for one year or more, is eligible for registration during this exercise, the Commission said.
“Persons who are already registered could apply for ‘name change’ if they have changed their respective names since they were registered, or for ‘correction’ if there is incorrect information on their National ID Cards.”
Potential registrants are required to visit the GECOM Registration Office that is responsible for the registration of persons from their respective areas of residence.
Such persons must be in possession of the following source documents as might be necessary to support their application for any registration transactions: an original birth certificate issued by the General Register Office or a valid Guyana Passport; original Marriage Certificate (and original birth certificate) – in the case of a name change by way of marriage; original Deed Poll and original Birth Certificate – in the case of any change of name by Deed Poll and an original Naturalisation Certificate issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and original Birth Certificate/valid passport – in the case of Naturalisation.
“Evidence (photocopy/duplicate) of an application having been made for naturalisation will not be accepted. Baptismal Certificates, expired passports, photocopies of relevant documents, letters from Priests, Elders, Headmasters and Village Captains (Touchaus) and Justices of the Peace as well as existing ID cards will not be acceptable as source documents for registration,” the statement said.
GECOM urged persons who will be eligible for registration, but are not in possession of the relevant supporting documents, to take immediate steps to acquire the said documents in order to facilitate their respective registration during the upcoming registration exercise.
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