Claims and Objections Exercise begins January 5 – GECOM

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that it will begin a claims and objections exercise on Monday, January 5, 2026, regarding entries on the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE), to produce an Official List of Electors.
In this regard, it noted, the PLE has been posted at prominent locations in all the Registration Divisions/Sub-Divisions, at all the GECOM Permanent Registration Offices countrywide and on the Commission’s website at www.gecom.org.gy.
According to GECOM, during this exercise, any person who has attained the age of 18 years or older by December 31, 2025, and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalisation or registration, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more, can make a claim to entry on the Official List of Electors (OLE) on or before January 18, 2026, provided that he/she is not listed in the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE).
Persons desirous of making a claim to be included in the OLE are required to visit the GECOM Registration Office responsible for their area of residence with the required source document(s), such as an original birth certificate, valid passport, adoption certificate, Form F or naturalisation certificate/certification registration, to be registered for inclusion, it is advised.
Existing registrants are also advised to check the PLE posted at prominent locations in their respective
registration divisions/sub-divisions, at the registration offices, or on GECOM’s website at www.gecom.org.gy to verify the existence/accuracy of their registration information in the PLE.
Persons who need to update their registration records, e.g., change or correct their names and occupation, or to apply for a transfer if they have changed their addresses since they were registered, are advised that they can apply for such transactions during this exercise.
The relevant source documents, such as an original marriage certificate, deed poll with birth certificate, or a new birth certificate reflecting the changes, must be presented in the case of an application for a change or correction.
Objections against the inclusion of names in the PLE can be tendered to the Registration Officer responsible for the respective area from January 5, 2026, to January 22, 2026.
Objections can be made by an elector who is listed in the same list in which the person being objected to is listed. Objections can also be made by accredited scrutineers of political parties, provided that any such scrutineer has monitoring responsibility for the registration area in which the person being objected to is listed.
The relevant original document(s), such as an original death certificate, must be presented at the time of the hearing of objections to support the basis upon which the objection is made.
During the Claims and Objections exercise, the registration offices will be open Monday to Friday from 08:00h to 18:00h and Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00h to 14:00h, GECOM noted in its release Friday.