3.5 million have registered to vote in Georgia’s election

TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 3.5 million voters had registered in Georgia by August 12; eight weeks before the election for parliament.

Ana Mikeladze, Speaker for the Central Election Commission, said Wednesday that from June 10 until today, more than 715,000 people checked their information in the online voters’ list.

September 8 is the deadline to register majoritarian candidates and party lists. So far, 24 parties and six election blocs have registered.

The number of registered voters is two hundred thousand short of the total population of Georgia according to the 2014 population census; 3.7 million.