Electoral officials offered no explanation for the latest deferral, which marks at least the third major delay since the ballot was originally envisioned for 2022. Preparations are now recalibrated around a mid-November voter registration drive and a 45-day campaign window starting in late December. To accommodate an estimated 90 percent of the 15 million citizens lacking official state identification, community leaders will be deployed across more than 3,000 centres to verify individuals using special forms.
Key points
Repeated election delays continue to exacerbate volatile ethnic and political friction th…: Repeated election delays continue to exacerbate volatile ethnic and political friction throughout South Sudan.
Bypassing constitutional safeguards and census requirements threatens the fragile foundat…: Bypassing constitutional safeguards and census requirements threatens the fragile foundation of the nation's transitional governance.
Massive documentation shortages require reliance on local community leaders to identify m…: Massive documentation shortages require reliance on local community leaders to identify millions of unregistered prospective voters.
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The vote, first expected in 2022, will now be held on February 11, according to the country’s election commission.
South Sudan has delayed its first-ever presidential and parliamentary elections until February, the latest in a series of delays to the long-sought vote, as ethnic and political tensions deepen.
The country’s election commission announced on Saturday that the polls would be held on February 11 next year, instead of December 22 this year. It did not give any reason for the decision.
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