Surge in voter re-registration ahead of deadline
A presidential election is scheduled for September 23.
12 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
Thousands of people queued up outside an election centre in Malé over the weekend as they scrambled to re-register ahead of a midnight deadline.
Maldivians living outside their island of permanent residence – like those who have migrated to the capital – have to re-register so they can vote in the current place they are living in on polling day. A presidential election is scheduled for September 23.
People were waiting in queues as late as 2am Sunday, after the Elections Commission extended a Saturday afternoon deadline due to a surge in late applications.
The gates to the election centre were shut at midnight but people already inside the building were allowed to re-register, according to VFP.
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