Voter registration processes
Updated October 2007
| Country | Process |
|---|---|
| ANGOLA | Registration compulsory and continious, updated by annual voter registration drives |
| Voters present identification document or are identified by officials/institutions | |
| Voter's card issued. | |
| BOTSWANA | Registration voluntary and continuous |
| Voters present national identification card | |
| Voter's card issued. | |
| DRC | Registration vuluntary and continuous |
| Voter's/ID card issued | |
| LESOTHO | Registration compulsory and continuous |
| Voters show proof of identity | |
| Voter's card issued | |
| MADAGASCAR | Registration voluntary and continuous, updated annually, revision drive before election |
| MALAWI | Registration voluntary and periodic |
| Voter required to provide passport, driver's licence, marriage or birth certificate, other legal documents or testimony from chief, village headman, registered voter or registration officer | |
| Registration certificate issued | |
| MAURITIUS | Registration compulsory and continuous, annual door-to-door registration drives |
| Voters present national identity card or birth certificate | |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Registration compulsory and continuous, updated by annual voter registration drives |
| Voter present birth certificate, passport, any legal document with photograph, thumbprint or signature of previous voter card or identified by two registered voters | |
| Voter's card issued | |
| NAMIBIA | Registration voluntary and continuous |
| Voters fill in declaration of eligibility, provide identification (birth certificates, passports, and any legal document with photograph or sworn statement) | |
| Voter's card issued | |
| SEYCHELLES | Registration voluntary and continuous, annual registration drives |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Registration voluntary and continuous, revision drive before election |
| Voters present bar-coded identification document or temporary certificate issued by Department of Home Affairs | |
| Registration bar-code placed in ID book | |
| SWAZILAND | Registration voluntary and continuous, annual registration drives |
| Registration at public meetings. In chiefdoms done in presence of Chief and his council who vouch for voter. In urban areas done in presence of the Indvuna Yenkhundla (elected head of the inkhundla) | |
| TANZANIA | Registration voluntary and continuous |
| No identification requirement | |
| Voter's card issued | |
| ZAMBIA | Registration voluntary and continuous |
| Voters present green national registration card | |
| Voter's card issued | |
| ZANZIBAR | Registration voluntary and continuous |
| Five year residency requirement in constituency and 15 year residency in Zanzibar, including citizens from the mainland. Identification of voters made by Shehas (community leaders) | |
| Voter's card issued. | |
| ZIMBABWE | Registration voluntary and periodic |
| Voters present national identity card and proof of residence |