Kenya: Voter registration hits 7 million as EVR takes off, IIEC news (2010)
On 19th April and two weeks to end of the voter registration exercise, IIEC had registered 6,977,192 voters countrywide. The election management body targets 10 million before the end of the exercise on 5th May, 2010. The rise in the numbers could be attributed to electronic voter registration which kicked off in 18 constituencies on 12th April, three weeks after the manual system was launch on 22nd March, 2010. Curiosity and enthusiasm seem to drive people to registration centres. In some regions like Eldoret North, the over 50% of potential voters have already been registered using the new technology which captures biometric features of the voter.
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