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

5. Terms of office 7. Method of electoral Dispute resolution
4 Years
8. Voter Education system for different category of
6. EMB Members selected by voters Best Practices
Legislature appointed by the President To implement C&VE, MEC will work collaborative-
ly with and through eligible stakeholders. Over 40
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
Judicial service Commission, Appointed by the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have been se-
lected and funded through UNDP/MEC Basket
President
Fund, 50/50 Campaign or the European Commis-
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB sion.
President, Parliamentary, Municipal Elections The long term civic education efforts are aimed at

9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) not only developing informed women and men but
Electoral Commission Act, art. 4(1) also to enculturate the Malawi Society with prin-
ciples and practices of democratic elections. A
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS sustained C&VE effort can help build confidence in
the electoral process to trust the ballot as the most
1. Total Population appropriate and viable way of periodically electing
Total: 19.6 Million (Oct., 2019) leaders at all levels. The Commission has also fol-
Male: 9.8 Million Female: 9.8 Million lowing strategies to mobilise people to participate
in the electoral processes:
2. Registered Electors
Total: 6.8 Million (May, 2019) theatre performances and road shows
126 theatre groups were trained and deployed to
3. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo all 28 districts in the country. They have been con-
Identity Card ducting drama and comedy performances.
National Identification card (Chipaso cha Nzika)
Radio and tV programmes
4. Voter turnout in last National Elections Most major and some community radios have
73.35% been broadcasting C&VE programmes.
5. Voting Method Faith Based and school outreach
Manual marking of Ballots Letters have been sent churches and mosques
informing followers about electoral process and
6. Voting Process to all primary schools informing parents through
On the polling day, voting starts from 6 am and pupils.
closes at 6 pm. Before voting begins, the presiding
officer exhibits empty ballot box to all stakeholders traditional Authority meetings
and seals it later. The voter is required to show vot- Meeting with traditional authorities have been
er registration certificate to the presiding officer for conducted throughout the country to brief them on
identity confirmation. The voter’s finger is dipped various stages of the electoral process.
in indelible ink and a ballot paper is provided. The Distribution of c&Ve Material
voter casts her/his vote in a voting booth. Blind or Over 2,000,000 posters, brochures, flyers, leaflets
differently-abled voters can be accompanied by and comics in Chichewa and Tumbuka languages
another registered voter or polling officer to cast will be distributed through SCOs.
thevote. There is a provision of assigning another
polling station if a voter may not be present in his Use of Loudhailers
registered polling station on poll day, for which the Use of Ministry of Information and Agriculture ve-
voter needs to inform and get a written authoriza- hicles with loudhailers to mobilise people to regis-
tion from registration officer of his constituency. ter in all the three regions

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