Two-week NEC voter registration tests begin countrywide

The National Election Committee (NEC) began a two-week pilot project testing its new biometric voter registration system Sunday, with a goal of registering 32,500 people at 41 centers in the 24 provinces and Phnom Penh.

As part of an overhaul of the country’s electoral system following the disputed 2013 national election, the NEC will begin compiling a new voter list next year, ahead of the 2017 commune elections and 2018 national election.

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