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

PArt iii 6. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots
ELECtorAL sYstEM
7. Audit Trail
Not implemented
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
8. Voting Process
1. Name of the EMB(S) with Short form/Abbreviation At the polling station, election officials check the
Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (OEP) whether a voter is registered and eligible to vote.
(Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia ‘TSE’) Once confirmed, the voter gets a multi-coloured
ballot paper with symbols/pictures of parties/
2. Website Address candidates. The voter marks the ballot in secret
www.oep.org.bo and drops it in a ballot box.

3. Nature of EMB In Bolivia, citizens who are at least 21 years of
Independent age, or eighteen if married, have the right to vote.
4. No. of Members in EMB 9. Voter education
7 In Brazil ‘Voter of the Future’ programme was
launched in 2002 as a parallel mock election
5. Terms of office for the young people of 10 to 15 years with the
6 years
objectives of informing and engaging youth on (i)
6. EMB Members selected by the need for conscientious voting; (ii) the political
President, legislature process for informed ballot decisions; (iii) a sense
of civic responsibility; (iv) good and bad electoral
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority practices; (v) against practices and attitudes that
EMB vitiate electoral processes; (vi) ethical approach to
electoral politics. The mock election had a special
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB impact on youth especially in areas with long
Bolivian general election standing tradition unethical practices. Focused

interactions were held for explaining the electoral
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
Electoral Code, Art.35 laws, the rule of law and ethics in the political
process. The programme carries a promise for
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS informed and ethical voting.

1. Total Population as on (B) ELECTION CALENDAR
11.3 Million (Feb. 2019)
1. Last Election Dates
2. Registered Electors as on 20 October 2019

2. Future Election Date
3. Method of voter registration
Biometric voting 18 October 2020 (first round)
29 November 2020 (second)
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
National ID card (CIN) No
4. Advance Voting
5. Voter turnout in last National Elections
82.26% Voting abroad : Bolivians living abroad were
granted the right to vote. Citizens living in

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