COVERAGE AND REPORTAGE ON ID CARDS DISTRIBUTION AND NOMINATION FOR THE 2023 ELECTIONS

The Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) continued implementing activities according to its
schedule. In the months of April and May, ECSL commenced the distribution of voter ID cards to voters
across the country and the nomination of candidates for the various elections. As per the first published
timeline of the electoral activities for external stakeholders, the distribution was supposed to have
commenced from 17 to 26 March 2023. However, in a press release dated 13 March 2023, the ECSL
rescheduled the distribution to commence from 7 to 16 April 2023.