Alternattiva Demokratika has asked the Electoral Commission to reinstate nearly 1,000 EU citizens who were on the European electoral register from April 2004 till October 2008 and then unexplainably struck off the last electoral register published this April 2009.
AD spokesperson Stephen Cachia said: “The General Elections Act, which is also valid for the European elections unless otherwise stated, states at Chapter 354, Article 26 (1) that before the Electoral Commission deletes the registration of electors from the Electoral register, it has to send written notice to the individual concerned for him/her to give the necessary information or proof that she/he has a right to vote.”
Chairperson Arnold Cassola said the Electoral Commission, “probably unintentionally, had not observed the law.”
“It has neither sent written notice to the individuals concerned before deleting them from the Electoral Register, nor has it asked these persons whose name already appeared on the Electoral Register of the European Union to make a new declaration regarding their particulars and residence status before deleting them.
“In view of this presumably unintentional oversight regarding the rights of voters, AD is asking the Commission to reinsert these nearly 1,000 non Maltese EU voters in the electoral register.”
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