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A report from the National Election Committee (NEC) shows that from the opening of voter registration until November 9, there were 303,691 new registered voters. This number indicates that more than 100,000 people who have become eligible to register have not yet registered. ...

The National Election Committee said today that more than 282,000 additional people have registered to cast their ballot for next year’s National Election. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has been conducting the verification and registration of voters for the year 2022 at the communes/Sangkat across the country. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) confirmed that in the first two days of new registration on October 20-21 for next year’s national election, more than 30,000 new voters had registered, while nearly 6,000 people have been de-listed. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will update his voter registration documents ahead of next year’s national election, while also calling on those who had not registered and those who need to update their voter list information to do so as soon as possible. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) is in the process of updating and verifying the 2021 voter registration list in preparation for the 5th mandate commune council elections scheduled for June 5, 2022. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) expected 1.6 million newly registered voters in 2021, compared to just over 500,000 new registrations last year, according to its spokesman Som Sorida. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) and the Ministry of Interior have advised capital and provincial authorities to review their voter lists and voting registrations.​   ...

More than 2,000 national observers have been approved by the National Election Committee (NEC) to observe the 2020 voter list and voter registration process. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has seen an increase in new voters registering this year in comparison to last year.   ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) issued a statement on Saturday warning of punishment against those who express offensive comments which affect voter registration. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has estimated there will be over 300,000 new registrants, and 123,251 names removed from its voter list this year. ...

The National Election Committee will hold voter registration from October 1 to 19 in preparation for the 2022 commune and 2023 national elections. ...

Registration for next year’s national elections closed yesterday with a rush of last-minute sign-ups, though two of every three remaining eligible voters still remain unregistered in an atmosphere that observers say raises questions about the legitimacy of next year’s planned national election. ...

The National Election Committee yesterday said voter registration was progressing slower than expected, largely due to migrant workers not registering – an issue that advocates have urged the electoral body to remedy for months. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) can now turn its attention to preparations for next year’s national election, which are already underway as voter registration will start in September, said Khorn Keo Mono, director of the NEC’s communications department. Mr. Keo Mono said on Tuesday that ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks. ...

Two Chak Angre Leu commune officials traded blows at a voter registration drive in Phnom Penh on Sunday morning and the National Election Committee (NEC) said it will hold a hearing for both men to air their grievances and explain their actions. ...

The number of people registering to vote has dropped sharply in recent days, statistics show, with an election watchdog calling on the National Election Committee to step up its game. ...

Despite having access to other sources of information about the election process, including television and smartphones, Cambodia’s urban poor remain heavily reliant on potentially biased village-level officials when it comes to voter registration, according to a new report. ...

About 3 percent of registered voters’ data has been found to contain inaccuracies, according to a National Election Committee official, who said the figure was inconsequential.​ ...

Young potential voters who have migrated abroad in search of work are facing the loss of their voting rights due to a lack of information and documents required to register to vote from a location different to their registered address, civil society groups said yesterday.​ ...

In an effort to squelch fears of roving army units patrolling polling stations and terrifying local residents, National Election Committee (NEC) member Rong Chhun said the group plans to ask the Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry to have soldiers vote in communes near their garrisons. ...

More than half of Cambodia’s 9.6 million eligible voters had been registered as of Saturday, despite the National Election Committee reporting that heavy rains had dampened the pace of registrations recently. Updated figures released on the weekend show that 4.9 million voters had registered in the ...