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

PArt iii 5. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots
ELECtorAL sYstEM
6. Voting Process
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy At the polling station, a voter has to carry an elector
card and her/his identity is verified and registered
1. Name of the EMB(S) in the voter list. A ballot is provided and the voter
Commission Electorale Nationale Independan- goes into a polling booth, marks her/his choice and
te-CENI (Independent National Electoral Commis- folds the ballot. The President of the polling station
sion) checks and declares that the voter has only one
ballot paper. The voter drops the ballot into a ballot
2. Website Address box and puts her/his finger into a vial which con-
www.ceni-tg.org tains indelible ink.

3. Nature of EMB
Independent (C) ELECTION CALENDAR

4. No. of Members in EMB 1. Last Elections Dates
17 20 December 2018

5. Terms of office 2. Future Election Calendar
1 year, Renewable 2023
6. EMB Members selected by 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
Legislature No

7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority 4. Compulsory Voting
Council of Ministers
No
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB PArt iv
Presidential, Local Elections
sUPPLEMENtArY
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) iNforMAtioN
Law 2012-002 of 29 May 2012
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS 1. Number of polling stations

9,389 polling stations in 4,445 voting centers
1. Total Population
Total: 8.2 Million (Oct., 2019) 2. Number of registered voters
Male: 4.1 Million Female: 4.1 Million 3,614,056 (86.6% of potential voter population)

2. Registered Electors 3. Opening and closing time of polling stations
3.6 Million (Dec., 2018) Opening: 7 am
Closing: 4 pm
3. Method of voter registration
Biometric Voter Registration

4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo Identity
Card
Voter Identification Card

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