51.   Under the new system, ballots are mailed to eligible voters several weeks before the election and must be returned by Election Day.

52.   Reasons for the low registration rate were unknown, but eligible voters were urged to use the remaining two weeks to come forward and register.

53.   A court recently ruled prisoners did not have the right to vote, opening the door to the recalculation of eligible voters.

54.   A turnout of one-third of eligible voters was needed to make the vote valid.

55.   At least half of eligible voters had to cast their ballots for the election to be valid.

56.   Because of the unsatisfactory response to the registration drive, the Constitutional Affairs Bureau on Sunday urged eligible voters to register for the election.

57.   But there was no explanation for why resident aliens and South Africans abroad had been included among the eligible voters in the past.

58.   By now eligible voters in functional constituencies should have received either a notification or an invitation letter from the Registration and Electoral Office.

59.   Compaore denied the charges and urged all eligible voters to cast their ballots.

60.   Elections are not valid unless half the eligible voters go to the polls.