(Adds PL statement)

Voters whose name does not appear in the electoral register published this month but who were listed in the previous one should appeal for a revision to be able to vote, the Electoral Commission said this afternoon.

The appeal should be lodged with the revising official at the Electoral Office in Evans Buildings, Valletta by May 8, during office hours, it said.

The statement was issued shortly after the Representation of the European Commission in Malta and the European Parliament Office published a letter they had sent to the Commission asking it to facilitate procedures for the reinstatement of non-Maltese EU residents who had previously been in the register but were struck off (See separate story).

In another statement, the Labour Party said it was offering those whose name had been struck off the register its services.

The party would be launching an application in court on their behalf for their name to be reinstated in the register. The party sadi it was also offering its services to non-Maltese EU residents who had been struck off.

All people who had the right to vote should be given that right, the PL said.