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

2. Website Address The serial number of the voter is recorded in the
www.ecb.bt Register of Voters by the second polling officer and
the prescribed finger is marked with indelible ink.
3. Nature of EMB The voter receives a signed Voter’s Slip, which s/he
Independent presents to the third polling officer who, after veri-
4. No. of Members in EMB fication, releases the ‘Ballot’ button of the EVM and
3 directs the voter to a secluded Voting Compart-
ment to cast her/his vote. Differently-abled per-
5. Terms of office sons may choose to be accompanied by a com-
5 Years or until attaining age of 65 panion to the voting compartment. A Postal Voter
has to fulfil 3 vital steps i.e. RAV: first Registering
6. EMB Members selected by with the ECB, Applying to the respective Returning
Monarch Officer, and Voting on the signed postal ballot pa-
per, as per the set procedures and within the time
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
Monarch frame set out in the Election Notification.
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB 8. Postal Vote
National Assembly, National Council, Local Gov- Votes may, notwithstanding anything contained in
ernment Elections section 330, be cast by post or online by any of the
following:
9. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
Election Act Of The Kingdom Of Bhutan, 2008 (a) Diplomats and persons working in the Embas-
sies of Bhutan abroad;
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
(b) Any person on special government duty who is
1. Total Population for the time being residing outside Bhutan for
Total: 0..83 Million (Oct., 2019) the performance of the duty;
Male: 0.44 Million Female: 0.39 Million
(c) Members of the Armed Forces of Bhutan;
2. Registered Electors (d) Any person on election duty; 117
0.43 Million (Apr., 2018)
(e) Civil servants;
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo (f) Students and trainees;
Identity Card
VPIC (Voter Photo Identity Card) (g) The spouse or dependent of a person referred
to in sub-sections (a) to (e), if the spouse or
5. Voter turnout in last National Elections dependent is ordinarily residing with him/her;
71.46% and

6. Voting Method (h) Any other group of voters as specified by the
Manual marking of Ballots Election Commission in consultation with the
Government. 332. The votes shall be cast by
7. Voting Process
The EVM has been in use since the first-ever Par- persons referred to in section 331 by post in
liamentary Elections under the Constitution in the manner and at such time as prescribed by
2008.At the polling booth, a voter produces her/his the Election Commission.
Voter Photo Identity Card (VPIC). The voter’s iden- 9. Voter Education system for different category of
tity is verified in the Electoral Search System/Voter voters Best Practices
List and the first polling officer calls out the voter’s (i) Democracy club
name and serial number loudly to make the polling The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) in col-
representatives aware of the voter’s presence. laboration with the principal stakeholders, in-

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