NEC Boss raps to LMA Leadership and Members on BVR procedures slated for 20 March 2023.
Monrovia, Liberia—Over the weekend, the National Elections Commission (NEC) conducted a one-day information sharing meeting on the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) and the 2023 General Elections with the leadership and members of the Liberia Marketing Association (LMA) of Liberia.
The meeting was requested by the NEC through its Gender Section and held on the compound of the Commission on 9th Street, in Sinkor. Nearly 100 members of the Liberia Marketing Association and its leadership attended the one-day information sharing meeting with authorities of the NEC.
Speaking during the information sharing meeting, NEC Boss, Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah said, the Commission is depending on the Liberia Marketing Association to help spread the information regarding the BVR process.
Madam Browne Lansanah informed the Liberia Marketing Association leadership and members not to be afraid of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) process.
She said the real objective of the BVR is to register all Liberians 18 years of age and older.
However, the NEC boss says, when a registrant’s citizenship becomes questionable, that registrant will be allowed to present a valid passport, a birth certificate, a certificate of naturalization, and the National Identification Registry, or NIR, card. Additionally, she said that the registrant can also bring two Liberian voters or a traditional leader who will agree that the registrant is a Liberian.
Responding, the President of the Liberia Marketing Association, Madam Elizabeth Samborla, thanked the NEC for the interaction, adding that this was the very first time for LMA leadership and the NEC Board of Commissioners to discuss election matters face to face.
The Liberia Marketing Association President said the NEC will succeed in its mandate to conduct free, fair, transparent, and credible 2023 general elections because they have directly involved the LAM and its leadership in the electoral process.
The National Elections Commission (NEC) is expected to launch the 2023 Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) bi-monthly briefing session with electoral stakeholders on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in the James M. Fromayan Conference Hall at the NEC’s headquarters on 9th Street, in Sinkor.
