Voter registration began Monday for Tunisia's first elections since the January ouster of president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, the head of the electoral body said.
Tunisia's electorate, including the diaspora, is believed to be 7.9 million strong and the authorities have opened 402 registration centres across the country, Kamel Jendoubi said.
More than 2,000 fresh graduates have been trained to assist in the registration process, due to last until August 2.
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"Registration on the voter rolls is the cornerstone of a process which will culminate with the October 23 ballot," the polling commission said in a statement.
Electoral lists used under Ben Ali, whose worst electoral score in 23 years at the helm was his 2009 re-election with 89.6 percent of the vote, have all been invalidated.
The October elections are for a constituent assembly meant to write a new constitution that would pave the way for parliamentary and presidential polls.
