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Ivory Coast electoral register review awaits new electoral body

By , based on Connection Ivoirienne

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The annual revision of Ivory Coast’s electoral register remains suspended pending the establishment of new bodies responsible for elections, following the dissolution of the Independent Electoral Commission. The Electoral Code nevertheless provides for an update of the register to enrol new voters and update or remove data; the government announced in September that the operation would follow the installation of the new body, reports Connectionivoirienne.

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