757,690 people on the voters’ list - GECOM

757,690 people on the voters’ list – GECOM

Aug 19, 2025 News

…as Guyanese head to the polls on September 1

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that there are 757,690 persons listed on the voters’ list.

However, officers of GECOM present at a press conference on Monday could not give a breakdown of the categories on voters on the list. When asked to provide a breakdown on the number of voters who are Commonwealth citizens or citizens by birth, naturalization or descent, the Chief Elections Officer, Vishnu Persaud said GECOM has had no reason to do so. “First of all, we register persons who met the criteria of being 18 years and over by June 30th, who are Guyanese citizens or citizens of a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more. Now, I started out by saying we register electors, we have no charge, no reason to categorise electors by nationality. That is not something that the secretariat has been charged to do, we have not done so, and unless we are asked specifically to do so, then we have no grounds on which to do it,” the CEO said.

Further with regard to safeguarding against fraudulent vote via the use of the Certificate of Employment, Civic and Voter Education Manager Nardeo Persaud explained that it would be difficult for anyone to vote twice due to the requirement that mandates voters to dip their index finger in indelible ink. “The right index finger is stained with indelible ink, so if that person with the Certificate of Employment votes at the polling station where he is working, his finger will be stained there…” For the Chief Election Officer, it would be virtually impossible for anyone to vote twice in these elections unless there is collusion. “It would be virtually impossible for that ink to be removed as easily and quickly,” CEO explained.

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