How is the national electoral register created?

Malawi, Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act (1993), accessed 20 May 2019

21.-(1) The Commission shall establish centres throughout every constituency in Malawi as places where voters are to be registered and for this purpose the Commission shall endeavour

Registration centres to adopt the centres established for the registration of voters in the last previously held poll in addition to establishing new centres.

25.-(1) In updating a voters register the registration officer shall do so by-

(a) adding the names and other prescribed particulars of the voters resulting from new registrations;

(b) drawing a line, without affecting legibility, over the particulars of the persons who are known to be deceased or who have lost eligibility to vote and indicating in the margin the reasons therefor.

(2) The registration officer making new entries in a voters register or deleting entries therefrom shall initial every such new entry or deletion.

(3) Upon the registration officer being satisfied with proof of loss of eligibility of a registered voter, he shall immediately up-date the voters register in accordance with the procedure under this section.

Malawi, The Electoral Commission Act (1998), accessed 20 May 2019

13. (5) The Commission shall deploy persons in its service in such manner as it deems appropriate and shall, for each district, constituency, ward and polling station, designate a District Elections Officer, elections officers, assistant elections officers, returning officers, presiding officers, registration officers, polling officials and counting officers in such numbers as the Commission shall deem appropriate for purposes of conducting or supervising elections.