The Electoral Register for the general elections and for the 34 local council elections to be held on the same day, March 9, has been published in the Government Gazette today, the Electoral Commission has said.

The statement released by the Commission read: "Any person who had the necessary qualifications to be registred as a voter, in accordance with the provisions of the General Elections Act (Chap.354), and/or the Local Councils Act (Chap.363), on the closing date January 7, and whose name has not been included in the respective Register and every voter whose designation, address or other particulars have not been shown correctly has, according to Art. 39 of the General Elections Act, up to Saturday February 2, to appeal to a Revising Officer to have one’s name included or one’s particulars corrected in the respective Electoral Register".

in addition, any registered voter who:

1) desires, for any lawful reason, to remove from the register the name of any person for want of the requisite qualification; or

2) claims that the respective designation, address or other particulars are not correctly shown in the register;

may also submit an appeal to a Revising Officer to this effect in accordance with Art. 40 of the General Elections Act, up to Saturday February 2, the statement read.

Anyone who needs to speak to a Ravising Officer can seek assistance from the Electoral Office. Not being on this register would mean that a person will be unable to vote in the coming elections.

A list of all persons registered as voters in the Local Councils Register is being made available at the respective Local Council Offices and at Police Stations.The General Elections register may be viewed at the Electoral Office and both registers shall be made available for sale as hard copies or on CD from the Department of Information.

The statement concluded that; "It is also notified that a Revising Officer may order the inclusion of a person’s name, or the correction of the designation, address or other particulars or the cancellation of the registration of a voter, notwithstanding that no prior application may have been made to the Commission".