180,000 voters registered in C.Tigray

Axum January 7, 2008 (ENA)- Some 180,000 voters have so far been registered in various Woredas of Central Tigray Zone to cast votes in the upcoming local and national by-elections, the Zonal office of the electoral board said.

Board Head Ataklti Kumelit told ENA that more than 630,000 voters in the Zone are expected to be registered.

Registration of voters would be held till late January, he said.

Some of residents of Axum town who registered expressed readiness to vote for representatives who would work to ensure good governance thereby alleviating poverty.

Others said they would elect those candidates who would strive to transfer the immense historical and cultural heritages of the Zone to the next generation.  (END)

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