- Sets March 20 as the beginning of voter registration
Monrovia, 10 January 2023, Tuesday: The National Elections Commission (NEC) has officially launched its revised key electoral dates for the 2023 general elections in Liberia, maintaining the constitutional date of 10 October 2023 as Election Day.
The key electoral dates for the 2023 general elections happen together on Tuesday, with a meeting of senior executive members of the political parties and election partners under the Inter-Party Consultative Committee (IPCC) meeting at the headquarters of the Commission on 9th Street, in Sinkor.
The IPCC meeting on Tuesday, which was chaired by the co-chairperson of NEC, Cllr. P. Teplah Reeves, also updated executives of political parties and election partners about the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise, which is slated to commence on March 20, 2023.
According to the NEC’s 2023 general election key electoral dates, the first phase of biometric voter registration will start on March 20 and end on April 9, 2023. Phase one of the BVR exercise will include six counties, including Montserrado, Margibi, Grand Bassa, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, and Gbarpolu.
The Commission named Rivercess, Sinoe, Grand Kru, Maryland, River Gee, Grand Gedeh, Nimba, Bong, and Lofa as the nine counties within phase two of the BVR exercise. A NEC release issued Tuesday says phase two of the BVR exercise will commence on April 21 Bon end on May 11, 2023.
The NEC release says, in line with its key electoral dates, it will issue a Writ of Election on May 9, 2023, and that the Exhibition of the Provisional Registration Roll will be held from June 12 to June 17, 2023.
According to the NEC, the candidate nomination period for the 2023 general elections will run from June 14, 2023, to July 14, 2023, and the last day for the issuance of a writ of election will be July 9, 2023.
The National Elections Commission release issued on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, said the presidential and legislative campaigning period for the 2023 general elections will begin on August 5, 2023, and will end on October 8, 2023, two days before Election Day on October 10, 2023. The Commission insists that the last day for the announcement of the final results of the 2023 general elections will be October 25, 2023.
