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The Independent Electoral Commission has urged people or organisations involved in collecting voter\u2019s cards from members of the general public to immediately desist from doing so as it contravenes the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a press statement issued by Chairman Alieu Momarr Njai yesterday, the commission noted that \u201ca number of groups with the expressed desire of forming political parties have been issued with forms to go round the country seeking the electorate\u2019s consent on endorsing the formation of their parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process is simply to capture the details of the voter and ultimately the voter appending his or her signature on the form.<\/p>\n

The process does not require the collection of the voter\u2019s card from any voter,\u201d it explained.<\/p>\n

The statement warned that any person found to be engaged in the illicit act will \u201cface the law\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Independent Electoral Commission has urged people or organisations involved in collecting voter\u2019s cards from members of the general public to immediately desist from doing so as it contravenes the law. In a press statement issued by Chairman Alieu Momarr Njai yesterday, the commission noted that \u201ca number of groups with the expressed desire of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[374,237,373],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-collecting-voters-cards","tag-gambia-news","tag-independent-electoral-commission"],"yoast_head":"\nIEC warns against voter\u2019s card collection - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent Electoral Commission has urged people or organisations involved in collecting voter\u2019s cards from members of the general public to immediately desist from doing so as it contravenes the law.\" \/>\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\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IEC warns against voter\u2019s card collection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent Electoral Commission has urged people or organisations involved in collecting voter\u2019s cards from members of the general public to immediately desist from doing so as it contravenes the law.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-13T14:18:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/momar-njie-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adama\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adama\" \/>\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\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adama\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2\"},\"headline\":\"IEC warns against voter\u2019s card collection\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T14:18:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\"},\"wordCount\":146,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/momar-njie-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"collecting voter\u2019s cards\",\"Gambia news\",\"Independent Electoral Commission\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/head-lines\/iec-warns-against-voters-card-collection\",\"name\":\"IEC warns against voter\u2019s card collection - 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