The papal election appeals committee plans on finalizing voter lists and investigating the appeals against them by Tuesday, church authorities said on Monday evening.
Voters who are registered at churches that are not affiliated with a bishop will be removed from the registration list, said Mansi Thabet, a member of the papal elections registration committee. The move could affect voters registered in some areas of Cairo, Dar al-Mahrak, Saudi Arabia and the United States.
A delegation of church members from Alexandria have requested the fair representation of all Copts in the papal elections, particularly given that 500 Copts have registered to vote through churches abroad. Prospective pope Bishop Younas, the secretary of the Patriarch of the Coptic Church, attended a meeting with the delegation at the Prince Tadros Church in Minya, which is headed by Bishop Arsanyous.
The church is gearing up to elect a successor to Pope Shenouda, who passed away in March.
