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

3. Nature of EMB 5. Voter turnout in last National Elections
Independent & Autonomous 56.03%
4. No. of Members in EMB 6. Voting Method
Maximum 5 Manual marking of Ballots

5. Terms of office 7. Voting Process
Maximum 7 Years The Polling station opens at 6 am and closes at
6 pm. A voter is required to bring Green National
6. EMB Members selected by
President Registration Card (NRC) and Voter’s card. Once
identity is established, the voter’s hand is checked
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority for ink marks. Indelible ink is marked on the right
President thumbnail and voter is issued a ballot paper. There
are four colours of ballot papers, i.e. Orange for
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB Presidential election, Red for National Assembly
Presidential, General election,

9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the Purple for Mayoral/Council chairperson election
Electoral Process in the country at National Level and Grey for Local Government election. The vot-
with names of the Heads er is guided towards the polling booth where s/he
No marks a cross against the candidate of choice. The

10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) ballot is folded and dropped in appropriate trans-
Article 76 of the Constitution of Zambia parent ballot box with lids matching the colour of
the ballot papers as per election type.
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
8. Postal Vote
1. Total Population Yes, by Ballot Paper
18.4 Million
9. Voter Education system for different category of
2. Registered Electors voters Best Practices
6.7 Million (Jul., 2016) Voter education school clubs for Young Peo-
Male 3.3 Million Female 3.4 Million ple-The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)
has held a Review Workshop from the 27th to 28th
3. Method of voter registration February, 2018 to evaluate the performance of
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) con- Voter Education School Clubs (VESCs) that have
ducted a mobile voter registration exercise be- been set up in all provinces of the country in order
tween 14th September 2015 and 11th November to disseminate voter education information and to
2015, which comprises the initial portion of the encourage voting among young people. The Voter
voter registration exercise. Christian Churches Education School Club initiative is aimed at instill-
Monitoring Group (CCMG) deployed 106 District ing a culture of integrity, patriotism and civic par-
monitors to cover a representative random sam- ticipation among Zambian learners.
ple of a total of 536 of these Registration Centres
covering all 103 Districts. “The mobile voter regis- This is done through disseminating voter educa-
tration monitoring effort was designed to assess tion messages in schools and involving learners in
whether the registration exercise meets Interna- the fight against electoral malpractice, encourag-
tional and regional standards on voter registration ing eligible learners to participate in the electoral
exercise. process and creating a pool of volunteer Voter Ed-
ucators among young people.
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card The Commission has developed a comprehensive
Green National Registration Card Voter Education Reference platform which con-

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