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

(five Serbs). Croat and Bosniak Delegates to the 2. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly Electoral Process in the country
of BIHfrom the Federation are elected by the Croat No
and Bosniak Caucus of Delegates as appropriate
to the House of Peoples of the Federation of BIH. 3. Title of Electoral Law
Delegates from the Republika Srpska (5 Serbs) to ELECTION LAW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assem-
bly of BiH are elected by the National Assembly of (B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
the Republika Srpska.
1. Total Population as on
4. Popular House 3.5 Million (Feb. 2019)
Predstavnicki Dom
2. Registered Electors
5. Type of Electoral System 3.3 Million (Oct. 2018)
Proportional representation, FPTP for the Presi-
dency of BiH and the municipal mayors. 3. Method of voter registration
A citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aged eigh-
part iii teen (18) or older, exercises his or her right to vote
ELECtorAL sYstEM based on his or her registration into the Central
Voters Register.

(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy Passive, except voters outside of BiH who are
obliged to register for each election for voting out-
1. Name of the EMB(S) side of BiH
Centralna izborna komisija Bosnei i Hercegovina
(Central Election Commission) (CIK BiH) 4. Voter turnout in last National Elections:
54,0% (Parliamentary Elections, 7 October 2018)
2. Website Address
www.izbori.ba 5. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballot papers
3. Nature of EMB
Independent 6. Audit Trail
Not implemented
4. No. of Members in EMB
7 7. Voting Process
Upon reaching the polling station, a voter’s identity
5. Terms of office is checked by polling station committee’s member.
7 years Once confirmed, the voter receives a ballot con-
taining the names of the parties/candidates run-
6. EMB Members selected by ning for office. The voter is directed towards the
Legislature voting booth to cast her/his vote in secret. Once
the voter marks her/his preferred choice of candi-
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority date, s/he folds the ballot paper and places it in a
EMB ballot box.

1. Names of Elections conducted by EMB If a voter is blind, illiterate or bodily incapacitated,
Presidential elections
s/he can request for assistance in voting. In such
Parliamentary elections cases, any person selected by the voter may assist
her/him in casting the ballot. It is not necessary
Municipal elections that the person helping the voter be a registered

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