NEC to mull targeted extension of voter registration
A spokesman for the National Election Committee says the body will consider a request by the Cambodia National Rescue Party to extend the voter registration deadline in certain communes. During a meeting between opposition and election officials on Friday, the CNRP asked for three-day extensions for communes where less than 50 percent of residents have enrolled to vote but where more than 50 people were still registering per day, according to CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann. Speaking after the meeting on November 25 , NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said the body would consider the request after the deadline expires on November 29. The CNRP also requested commune-by-commune registration statistics – which the NEC agreed to provide – and again asked for mobile registration stations to be set up near the border to help enroll the up to 1 million Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand.
