How is the national electoral register created?

Parliamentary and Local Government Elections 16 October 2009, EISA Technical Assessment Team, pp 33-34

Voter registration in Botswana is continuous. During this general registration period, the IEC makes available at all its registration centres copies of the existing voters’ roll for inspection by members of the public (section 7). The Act also provides for the supplementary registration of voters as and when the IEC secretary deems necessary.

Parliamentary and Local Government Elections 16 October 2009, EISA Technical Assessment Team: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/BW/Botswana-Parliamentary-and-Local-Government/at_download/file

Chapter 2: Botswana' IN Tom Lodge, Denis Kadima and David Pottie (eds) Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 2002: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg, 51.'

The first registration exercise took place in late 1998, and subsequently supplementary registration was held from mid April 1999.

Method adopted in 1998. Voter registration in Botswana is continuous. During this general registration period, the IEC makes available at all its registration centres copies of the existing voters’ roll for inspection by members of the public.