Voters' Roll Raises Concerns for Upcoming Mozambique Poll
The manipulation of the registration process could give the ruling Frelimo candidate Filipe Nyusi up to 370,000 extra votes - 6% of the expected total vote on October 15 - according to Mozambique Political Process Bulletin calculations. Unless the electoral authorities have exposed a massive error in the 2017 population census, showing a possible miscount in Gaza Province of more than one-third of eligible adult voters.
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Mozambique:
Voters' Roll Stirs Controversy
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 11 June 2019
Manipulation of the registration process could give Frelimo candidate Filipe Nyusi up to 370,000 extra votes - 6% of the expected total vote - according to Bulletin calculations.… Read more »
Mozambique elections (file photo).
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Mozambique:
Renamo Registers for General Elections
AIM, 10 June 2019
Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Monday registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) to take part in the general elections… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Opposition Members Accuse Elections Boss of Sabotage
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 11 June 2019
Equipment failures linked to power supply problems badly affected voter registration in Nampula, Zambezia, Sofala. This was the result of a deliberate decision by the Technical… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Frelimo Registers for General Elections
AIM, 5 June 2019
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Tuesday registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) in order to participate in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Frelimo Submits Nyusi's Nomination Papers
AIM, 6 June 2019
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Thursday submitted the nomination papers for its candidate in the 15 October presidential election, Filipe Nyusi, who is running for a second… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Final Registration Figures Show 5.9 Million New Voters
AIM, 5 June 2019
About 5.9 million new Mozambican voters registered in this year's voter registration which ran from 15 April to 30 May. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Period for Presenting Election Candidates Cut
AIM, 5 April 2019
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday altered the electoral legislation to cut the period for presenting candidates for the presidential and… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Cyclones and Struggling Economy Could Impact Elections
IPS, 20 May 2019
Mozambique, which was affected by an unprecedented two tropical cyclones over a matter of weeks, is still reeling from the impact a month after the latest disaster. But resultant… Read more »