Voters refuse to accept notification cards

SURINAME – Statistics from the Ministry of Interior Affairs (BIZA) indicate that 23% of the nation’s voters still have to receive their voter notification cards. Reports indicate that a group of voters has deliberately refused to accept their voter notification cards when the canvassers show up at their homes. August Boldewijn who is an expert in the science of public / social administration told Times of Suriname that voters are morally but not legally obligated to accept their voter notification card. If it were a legal obligation, sanctions could be taken against those who have refused to accept their voter notification card...[+]