1,700 residents not registered for poll

1,700 residents not registered for poll

MANADO, North Sulawesi: An official from the Manado
municipality's Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) revealed
on Thursday that some 1,700 people here had yet to be registered
as eligible voters in the upcoming elections.

They consisted of some 1,000 residents of Manado Utara
district and some 700 residents of Malalayang district, said the
committee's chairman, Frankie Mokodompis.

Mokodompis said that the residents had not been registered yet
because of the technicalities involved in registration.

Some people were not at home when the officials from the
Central Statistics Agency called to register them, he said.

Mokodompis urged the people involved to report to the
committee and the General Elections Commission (KPU) so as to
ensure they would be allowed to vote.

A total of 266,842 Manado residents are already registered as
eligible voters in the upcoming elections.

Manado has a population of 411,512. -- JP