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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

PArt iii 4. Voter turnout in last National Elections
58.43%
ELECtorAL sYstEM
5. Voting Method
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy Manual marking of Ballots
6. Voting Process
1. Name of the EMB(S)
Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante- The voting commences at 6 am and closes at 10
CENI (Independent National Electoral Commis- pm. Voting is conducted by means of single bal-
sion) lot. The Presiding officer shows the empty ballot
boxes to parties present and later closes it by 2
2. Website Address locks or 2 dissimilar padlocks. The Poll member
www.ceni-madagascar.mg checks the voter for marks of indelible ink to pre-
vent duplication of vote. The voter is asked for na-
3. Nature of EMB tional identity card and voter card to prove her/his
Independent identity. The Polling official makes an entry in the
electoral register after which a ballot paper is pro-
4. No. of Members in EMB vided to the voter to casts her/his vote in secrecy.
19
The ballot is then dropped in a ballot box. The vot-
5. Terms of office er signs in the enrolment list and the poll member
5-7 Years also countersigns it. The voter’s left hand thumb is
then marked with indelible ink.
6. EMB Members selected by
Civil society, Government, Political parties 7. Voter Education system
The civic and voter education campaign for the
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority presidential run-off was officially launched on Oc-
Civil society, Government, Political parties tober 15th 2018 in Toliara with the electoral com-
mission and the UNDP/SACEM. The objective of
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB the campaign, which was carried out until the sec-
Presidential, National Assembly ond presidential run-off, was to encourage voter
participation in the presidential elections through
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
LAW n ° 2015 - 020 of October 19th, 2015 relative the teaching voting procedure and increasing
to the independent national structure in charge of awareness on the importance of citizen participa-
the organization and the management of the elec- tion in the vote.
toral operations called “Independent National Elec- 8. Pictures of Electoral Processes/Voter Education
toral Commission”
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS

1. Total Population
Total: 27.6 Million

2. Registered Electors
Total: 10.1 Million

3. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card
Voter Card

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