Luanda – The minister of Territory Administration, Marcy Lopes, said this Wednesday, in Luanda, that the unofficial electoral registration, for all citizens over 18, starts in September, 2021.
Marcy Lopes who was speaking to the press at the end of the sixth ordinary session of the Cabinet Council, which analyzed, for subsequent submission to the National Assembly, the Daft-Law of Amendments to the Unofficial Electoral Registration, a legislative initiative that arises from the need to adjust the current Law, due to the constitutional revision held recently.
“We are doing the entire organizational process so that the voter registration process starts in September this year,” he said.
Minister Marcy Lopes also said that t the unofficial electoral registration is, in fact, the process of connecting the Identity Card database with the database of citizens aged over 18 (created for electoral purposes).
Registration abroad
As for citizens residing abroad, the minister explained that the electoral registration will be updated for all citizens who are in the Identity Card database.
“All citizens who have an identity card should go to the diplomatic and consular services to update their electoral registration and, in this way, will be able to exercise their right to vote in the 2022 general elections”, he said.
Source: Angola Press News Agency