Content_paragraphs:  To facilitate participation in the elections on 23 May, the National Electoral
  
  Authority decided that voter cards could be collected up until election day; over
  
  97 per cent of registered voters collected their voter cards. Following requests by
  
  women candidates to reinforce security, MINUSCA and national security forces
  
  deployed patrols to enhance their safety and reactivated the related hotline.