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

3. Nature of EMB 7. Voting Process
Independent Polling Stations open at 7:00 AM in the presence of
a minimum of 5 Voters Present to witness opening
4. No. of Members in EMB procedure.
7 members, composed of a chairperson, deputy
Chairperson and 5 members of the commission. It Voting at every election shall be by secret ballot
has the secretary to the Commission, who is also using one ballot box at each polling station for all
the head of the Secretariat; 3 Directorates and 12 candidates
Departments
Presiding Officer at the commencement of the poll
5. Terms of office and in the full view of all present demonstrates to
7 Years the satisfaction of all present that the ballot box is
devoid of any contents and places the box on the
6. EMB Members selected by table ready for polling. Voters form a queue at least
President, with the approval of Legislature 5 Metres away from the Presiding Officer’s table,
where Voter Identification takes place and the first
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
President, with the approval of Legislature ballot paper issued in a multiple voting system or
single voting system depending on the number of
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB offices.
Presidential, Parliamentary, Local Government
A second table is placed at least 15 Metres away
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the from the Presiding Officer’s table. On it is placed
Electoral Process in the country at National Level a plastic basin to act as a voting booth in which
with names of the Heads the voter practically exercises the choice of the
No vote using a pen to tick the choice or an inkpad to
thumbprint the choice.
10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
Established in 1995, operational in 1997 (Electoral A third table is placed at least 10 Metres away from
Commission Act, Cap 140) the second table. On it is placed a sealed trans-
parent Plastic Ballot Box in which the voter casts
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS the already ticked/thumb-printed ballot paper by
folding it lengthwise and inserting it in the slot pro-
1. Total Population vided on the Ballot Box.
Total: 45.7 Million
A Fourth table is placed at least 10 Metres away
2. Registered Electors from the Third table. On it is placed the indelible
15.3 Million ink pad or indelible ink marker used by the Polling
Assistant manning this table to mark the Cuticle
3. Method of voter registration of the Voters’ Right Hand thumb. In a Single vot-
Biometric ing outlay where Voters are voting for one office
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo only, the fourth table concludes the process. In a
Identity Card Multiple set up, the process is repeated by placing
National Identity Card another table at least 10 Metres away from the first
Transparent Ballot Box and on it is placed the next
5. Voter turnout in last National Elections set of Ballot papers issued by a Polling Assistant
67.62% (2016) manning the table for the purpose of issuance. The
subsequent tables for the Basin Booth and Trans-
6. Voting Method parent Ballot Box are placed 10 Metres apart in a
Manual marking of Ballots repeated sequence until the last office is voted for.

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