By Naneka Hoffman
The National Elections Commission (NEC) has launched Civic and Voters Education Campaign for the 2023 Presidential and Legislative Elections under the theme: “Citizens Participation A Must.”
(NEC Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah says there are some 81 community-based organizations (CBOs) conducting civic computer education activities across all 15 counties in nineteen (19) ministerial districts and the 73 electoral districts of Liberia, respectively.
She says so far, the Commission has also accredited and certified 400 civil society organizations to assist in carrying out education activities throughout the country.
She narrated that they include faith-based organizations, CSOs, and Community-Based Organizations, hoping that the work will further deepen knowledge about the process and understanding about the rights of Liberians to turn out in their numbers.
The NEC Chairperson underscored that the exercise is to enable Liberians make informed decisions at the ballot box on Elections Day.
The Chairman of Steering Committee, Floyd Oxley Sayor said the launch of the CVE is to ensure everyone participates in the electoral process freely, fairly, and independently.
He explained that they should also make sure that they teach everyone to vote once in the district they registered during the biometric voter’s registration exercise.
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Sayor urged all CBOs political parties to participate in the process so that citizens will come out on October 10th to cast their ballots.
Also speaking, oversight commissioner for civic voters’ education Cllr. Ernestine Morgan said communication is very key in the electoral sojourn of any electoral management body.
She said in order to do that, they will have to explain the meaning of civics and civic obligation so that citizens will know their rights and how to exercise them in elections. Editing by Jonathan Browne
