{"id":42537,"date":"2024-01-25T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=42537"},"modified":"2024-01-25T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:56:32","slug":"iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela","title":{"rendered":"IEC registration books stolen in Marobela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that voters registration books have been stolen from an officer based in Marobela village recently.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview, the IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba said: \u201cit\u2019s true that a case of theft of voters\u2019 registration books has been reported to the police and it\u2019s a matter that is under investigation as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that some of the books were duly used whilst others were blank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IEC is following up on those who have registered on the stolen books to come and re-register as the incident has rendered the first registration null and void,\u201d Maroba told. He added that the Commission wasn\u2019t aware of the motive for the theft.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, Maroba stated that those who have already registered would have to be followed up so that they register afresh as their details were not yet captured in the Commission system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that voters registration books have been stolen from an officer based in Marobela village recently. Speaking in an interview, the IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba said: \u201cit\u2019s true that a case of theft of voters\u2019 registration books has been reported to the police and it\u2019s a matter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-42537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IEC registration books stolen in Marobela - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that voters registration books have been stolen from an officer ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IEC registration books stolen in Marobela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that voters registration books have been stolen from an officer ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-25T17:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/01\/sm_1706184424.374798.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"532\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IEC registration books stolen in Marobela\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-25T17:37:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/01\/sm_1706184424.374798.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/iec-registration-books-stolen-in-marobela\",\"name\":\"IEC registration books stolen in Marobela - 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