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2. Website Address 5. Voting Method
www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/html Manual marking of Ballot papers; E-voting on
trials
3. Nature of EMB
Independent 6. Audit Trail
Not implemented
4. No. of Members in EMB
3 7. Voting Process
In 2019 General Elections, the electronic voting
5. Terms of office system was used in the largest Voting Center
10 years in Panama, ATLAPA Convention Center. This
center had 52 tables, of which 10 of them voted
6. EMB Members selected by
Legislature, government, Supreme Court electronically. In this event, the results were
delivered between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., so that at
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority 6 p.m., the board members were already leaving
EMB site, all the equipment had been collected, the
acts and the Extraofficial Results Transmission
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB (TER) had been delivered.
Panamanian General Election
In the manual system, Panama uses single
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) ballot system. On poll day, voters cast their votes
Organic Law (Law 5 of March 9, 2016 - Organic by means of ballot paper after going through
Law of the Electoral Tribunal) identification and other formalities as prescribed
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS in the Electoral Law of Panama.
(C) ELECTION CALENDAR
1. Total Population as on
4.4 Million (Feb. 2019) 1. Last Election Dates
General elections were held in Panama on 5 May
2. Registered Electors as on 2019.
2.7 Million (May 2019)
2. Future Election Date
3. Method of voter registration In 2024
 age: 18 years

 Panamanian citizenship 3. Compulsory Voting
Voting is voluntary, not mandatory.
 full possession of civil and political rights
4. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
Percentage
71.23%

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