Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) says the distribution process of the provisional electoral list is satisfactory despite the new delay of the Nov. 29 presidential polls.
The list, which is one of the major factors behind the postponement, is at gathering centers for purposes of consultation after display in the
entire country, according to the CEI.
"The dispatching of the lists was being done satisfactorily" to allow voters to come and find out their status on the provisional electoral list, the CEI announced in a press statement on Sunday.
Since Wednesday, the United Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) has been giving logistical support to the CEI for the transportation of the lists by road, air and water to the 11,000 polling centers in Abidjan and the interior of the country.
The CEI called on nationals to "exercise a lot of discipline, public-spiritedness and patriotism" in securing the electoral lists, hoping everyone acts as a "guardian" for the lists.
For the first time, the West African country introduced modern technology into the electoral process on Friday, allowing the provisional
electoral lists to be checked through Internet, telephone, or through a message on the mobile phone.
The display of the provisional list is expected to iron out any dispute
before the publication of the final electoral list.
While waiting to tackle complaints "starting this week," the CEI has reassured the people whose cross-checking turned out negative that "
solutions will be sought in each case."
The provisional electoral list has 5.3 million voters, in addition to slightly above one million enrolled whose status " turned out negative" after cross checking.
The status of the "negative" triggered an outcry from critics against any possible rig.
The CEI had to put off the planned date for the vote, the latest in a series of postponement since 2005, when President Laurent Gbagbo's term
expired.
Cote d'Ivoire suffered a civil war after a botched coup attempt in 2002, splitting the leading cocoa and diamond exporter in West Africa into the government-control south and the New Forces held north.
Under four agreements brokered by Burkina Faso, the rival sides have agreed to hold the polls this year to end the protracted political crisis.
ONUCI currently deploys a 8,000-strong mission in Cote d'Ivoire to maintain peace in the run-up to the elections.