GECOM to begin Claims and Objections period from next Tuesday

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that it will commence a Claims and Objections exercise from next Tuesday regarding entries on the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE), to produce an Official List of Electors.

As a result, the PLE has been posted at prominent locations in all the Registration Divisions / Sub-Divisions, at all the GECOM Permanent Registration Offices countrywide, GECOM said.

“During this exercise, any person who has attained the age of 18 years and older by the 31st December, 2023, and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalization or registration, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more, can make a Claim to entry on the Official List of Electors (OLE) on or before 15th January, 2024 providing that he/she is not listed in the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE),” the Elections Commission said in a statement.

GECOM said persons desirous of making a Claim to be included in the Official List of Electors are required to visit the GECOM Registration Office responsible for their area of residence with the required source document(s) such as original Birth Certificate, valid Passport, Adoption Certificate, Form F or Naturalization Certificate of Registration, to be registered for inclusion.

While persons who need to update their registration records, e.g. change or correction to their names and occupation, or to apply for a transfer if they have changed their addresses since they were registered, are advised that they can apply for such transactions during this exercise.

While Objections against the inclusion of names in the PLE can be tendered to the Registration Officer responsible for the respective area from 2nd January, 2024 to 22nd January, 2024.

The Elections Commission is urging all eligible Electors to use the opportunity to get registered for inclusion in the OLE and for existing registrants to check the PLE to ensure that their particulars as stated in the PLE are accurate.

Persons are also being encouraged to object to the inclusion of the name of any person who they believe does not meet the eligibility criteria to be in the list.