Some citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east displaced by the conflict with the M23 rebel group will not be able to vote in the general elections scheduled for December 20, says an election official. In Rutshuru, north of Goma, the city virtually surrounded by M23 rebels, "we have no candidates" Kambale Ngayiremawa says. Ngayiremawa, of the Independent National Electoral Commission in North Kivu, adds that in Masisi, west of Goma, "there's no reason to open polling stations" because only 1% of voters have enrolled. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES