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Electoral Commission For Sierra Leone

ECSL

Electoral Commission For Sierra Leone

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PROCLAMATION OF DATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2023, BY THE CHIEF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL RETURNING OFFICER, OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR SIERRA LEONE (ECSL)

August 20, 2022

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PROCLAMATION OF DATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2023, BY THE CHIEF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL RETURNING OFFICER, OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR STERRA LEONE (ECSL)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred on it by Section 43 of the Public Elections Acts, 2O12 (Act No.4 of 2O12), the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), after consultation with His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, hereby makes the following proclamation:

  • That the 24th day of June, 20123., is hereby proclaimed as the time for the election to the Office of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

SIGNED AND DATED THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022.

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FYI: A total of 3,374,258 voters registered in the 2022 voter registration exercise.  Click here for breakdown

MESSAGE TO VOTERS

  1. It is your civic right and responsibility to register and vote in elections.
  2. Come out and register from 3rd September to 4th October 2022 to enable you to vote in the June 24, 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local council elections.
  3. If you don’t register now, you cannot vote.
  4. Disability is not inability; all persons with disabilities are encouraged to come out and register in order to vote in the 2023 elections.
  5. Bring your proof of identity when you come to register.
  6. One Sierra Leone, One Registration, One Identity Card.
  7. Women  are encouraged to come out in numbers to register
  8. Women are also encouraged to contest/vote in the 2023 elections.
  9. Voter registration is from 3rd September to 4th October 2022.
  10. If you will be 18 years or older on the eve of 24th June 2023, come out and register.
  11. Go to the nearest registration centre within your Ward and register between the period 3rd September to 4th October
  12. Registration Centres become Polling Centres on Election Day, so register at a centre in a Ward where you are ordinarily resident.
  13. All Registration Centres will open 7:00a.m to 5 p.m. Monday to Sunday/every day
  14. Make sure you collect your registration receipts after you register.
  15. Sierra Leone has a new registration system now; everybody must register again in 2022.
  16. See list of registration centres/polling centres here

please check regularly for date of exhibition and id cards distribution

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