Georgians to get free IDs before June 15 election
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A plan is in place to ensure 60 000 Georgian ineligible voters will get identification (ID) cards for free before the June 15 local self-governance election.
In an attempt to make the election list as accurate as possible, the Ministry of Justice has called on all citizens with expired or invalid ID cards to step forward and receive new cards for free until May 31.
Under the Georgian Election Code, people with expired or invalid ID cards are not allowed to vote.
Currently, there are 57,598 people in the election list with no active ID documents. The Ministry said all those people could get free cards within in the next two day. June 1 is the deadline when the Ministry needs to provide the Central Election Commission with the final list of eligible voters.
About 4,000 people have already been issued with free ID cards.
The ruling Georgian Dream party has addressed the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) with an initiative to amend one of its rules before the June 15 elections.
The Georgian Government is offering citizens the chance to obtain an identification (ID) card for free in a bid to ensure all citizens are on the electoral role.
From today to November 1, 2020 Georgian citizens, including those registered in the two occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) who have no status of IDPs, have their IDs abolished and are willing to register in Tbilisi-controlled territory, can get new ID cards for free.