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

3. Nature of EMB 6. Audit Trail
Independent Partially implemented

4. No. of Members in EMB 7. Voting Process
5 “Choose your polling site” was a new initiative
implemented in the general elections of 2016 in
5. Terms of office order to encourage voter participation. The polling
4 years staff received instructions from the election
management body that the polling stations
6. EMB Members selected by
Supreme Court; Prosecutors Board; Lima Bar should be organized alphabetically instead of by
Association; deans of public and private schools the voting group as per National Identity Card.
of law Peru conducted its first trial of e-voting in 2011

in the mountain town of Pacaran. In the 2016
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
Supreme Court elections, both electronic as well as manual
(Ballots) medium of voting were used. Facility
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB of paper trail is available in some parts of the
Parliamentary election country which use e-voting. Electronic voting
has automated the process of casting of votes,
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) counting, results declaration, voter verification,
etc. Voting is compulsory in Peru
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
(C) ELECTION CALENDAR
1. Total Population as on
32.9 Million (Feb. 2019) 1. Last Election Dates
10 April 2016
2. Registered Electors as on
24.8 Million (Dec. 2018) 2. Future Election Date
April 2021
3. Method of voter registration
Biometric voting 3. Compulsory Voting
Compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years
4. Voter turnout in last National Elections: old, non-compulsory for those older than 70
Total, Percentage 82.78%
5. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballot papers; Electronic voting

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