The Electoral Commission has approved the rules governing objections and appeals to registration as a voter in the National Register of Voters.
This was revealed by the Commission Chairman Suresh Chandra who says that individual voters are the best people to identify the person who should not be on the voters register.
Chandra says the first rule states that only registered voters can object to the registration of another voter and the grounds for objection are limited.
The Chairman says the third rule states that to ensure the authenticity of objection, they require the voter to declare in a statutory declaration that the voter has made an effort to determine those factors alleged by the voter are true.
He says there were no legal provisions before that allowed for an objection to be made.
Chandra says the current number of registered voters stands at over 605,997 which is over 90 percent of the total eligible voter population.
He says the commission has also noted that is it vital to maintain the integrity of the voters register.
