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

6. Terms of office ink stains. Upon satisfaction, the presiding officer
Not specified provides stamped (with official mark) ballot paper
to the voter and also demonstrates how to vote if
7. EMB Members selected by required. The voter enters the polling booth, marks
President her/his choice on the ballot paper and folds it to
conceal her/his vote. The voter then drops the
8. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
President folded ballot paper in presence of the presiding
officer in the ballot box.
9. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
General elections 8. Voter education

10. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Electoral Process in the country
No
11. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
ACT No. 15 of 2000

(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS

1. Total Population as on
0.7 Million (Feb. 2019)

2. Registered Electors as on
0.6 Million (May 2015)

3. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card
National Identification Card

4. Voter turnout in last National Elections
75.56%

5. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots

6. Audit Trail
Not implemented
7. Voting Process
In the presence of all stakeholders like candidates,
party agents, polling officials, etc., the presiding
officer opens the ballot box to assure everyone
that there are no ballot papers or any other papers
stuffed in advance. The ballot box is locked
and the seal is marked. The voter enters the
polling station and states her/his name, address,
occupation and provides identification card. The
poll clerk makes entry in elector register. After
identification, the presiding officer examines the The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC)
fingers of the voter to ascertain if there are any launched its civic and voter education campaign

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