IEBC launches SMS service to check voter registration status
The IEBC has launched an SMS service for voters to check their registration status. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The electoral agency has launched a short message service (SMS) for voters to check their registration status.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on its Facebook page urged voters to send their national identity card number to 70000.
The text message the IEBC sends back shows the name of the voter, county, polling station code and ward.
According to the agency, the voter register will be available on its website and via SMS from June 29 to Election Day.
Agency officials announced recently that the certified Register of Voters for the 2017 General Election has a total of 19,611,423 voters.
IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said the number includes 4,393 diaspora voters in five countries and 5,528 in 118 prisons across the country.
