{"id":10251,"date":"2021-12-03T20:51:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=10251"},"modified":"2022-03-24T19:04:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:04:02","slug":"thegambiaelections-no-you-do-not-need-your-national-id-card-in-addition-to-your-voters-card-in-order-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/thegambiaelections-no-you-do-not-need-your-national-id-card-in-addition-to-your-voters-card-in-order-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"#TheGambiaElections: No, you do not need your National ID card in addition to your voter\u2019s card in order to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claim: Fula people must go with their national ID cards in addition to their voter\u2019s card on election day in order to be allowed to vote &#8211; viral WhatsApp audio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"55\" data-attachment-id=\"10246\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/debunking-the-myth-about-childrens-unusual-growth-of-first-teeth-in-upper-jaw\/false-2-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-2.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"132,55\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FALSE-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-2.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-2.png?resize=132%2C55\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10246\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f41216;color:#fff9f9\"><strong>The Communications Director at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says that people only need their voter\u2019s cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information available on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) website indicates voters must go to polling stations with the voter\u2019s card.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conditions to be met to vote, as indicated on the website of the IEC include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be in possession of a Gambian voter\u2019s card<\/li><li>Present oneself at the right polling station<\/li><li>Must have one\u2019s name on the Register<\/li><li>Must not be serving prison term<\/li><li>Must not be of unsound mind<\/li><li>Must not be in a state of inebriation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No mention is made of national ID cards as a requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubawa further spoke with the Director of Communications at the IEC, Pa Makan Khan, to verify the viral information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pa Makan Khan said the information is false. He said voters only need to show their voter\u2019s identification card in order to be allowed to cast their ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is fake news&#8230;just your voter\u2019s card,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/_P3uT0u698UjZZDuD-Mbv9H9DAoXqqZOjXUBE3KwIjNj2DCFxbdkoo_28RWYRP8ceP6lpFO0TuSuesik7ooHkpD0332Ek_ur7tfGC9IasEc07t3Az6xl14xnJXfaCp2Fx_ltRmqx\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: Fula people must go with their national ID cards in addition to their voter\u2019s card on election day in order to be allowed to vote &#8211; viral WhatsApp audio The Communications Director at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says that people only need their voter\u2019s cards. Full Text Information available on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) website indicates voters must go to polling stations with the voter\u2019s card.&nbsp; The conditions to be met to vote, as indicated on the website of the IEC include the following: Be in possession of a Gambian voter\u2019s card Present oneself at the right polling station Must have one\u2019s name on the Register Must not be serving prison term Must not be of unsound mind Must not be in a state of inebriation No mention is made of national ID cards as a requirement. Dubawa further spoke with the Director of Communications at the IEC, Pa Makan Khan, to verify the viral information. Pa Makan Khan said the information is false. He said voters only need to show their voter\u2019s identification card in order to be allowed to cast their ballot. \u201cThat is fake news&#8230;just your voter\u2019s card,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[5,1571,4,2815],"tags":[2889,298,115,347,2886,486,2824],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[873],"class_list":["post-10251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-the-gambia","tag-thegambiaelections","tag-election","tag-fact-check","tag-featured","tag-gambia","tag-misinformation","tag-the-gambia"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2Fl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":873,"user_id":10,"is_guest":0,"slug":"dubawa","display_name":"Dubawa","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f70a877f6d81734de0ca299eabb33d20687f41f5a4cb83ae8d754fc9412ee293?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Strengthening Investigative Journalism for the fight against corruption in Nigeria."}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/No-you-do-not-need-your-National-ID-card-in-addition-to-your-voters-card-in-order-to-vote.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11067,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions\/11067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}