Qualifications for voting in Council’s elections

(1) Every person who– (a) is registered as an elector under the Representation of the People Act; (b) subject to sub-section (2), is in possession of an identification card issued to him under that Act; and (c) has continuously resided in the town for which the elections are held for a period of at least three months, shall be entitled to vote at the election of a member of the Council for the town in which he resides and is registered. (2) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), a person who has been registered under the Representation of the People Act, but who is unable to produce his identification card, shall be permitted to vote upon proving to the satisfaction of the presiding officer that although he has been registered he has not been issued with an identification card or that the identification card issued to him has been lost or destroyed. CAP. 9. (3) Where a person is permitted to vote under sub-section (2), the presiding officer shall so state to the candidates or agents then present in the polling station, and also make a record of his reasons for so doing and shall maintain a list of the names and registration numbers of the electors voting without producing their identification cards, showing the number of the ballot paper issued to each of them. 18