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the voter, and instructs him to go to the voting
booth.

6. In the booth, the voter marks an X in the box of
the candidacy for which he wants to vote, folds
the ballot in four parts, and drops the ballot in-
side the ballot box.

If the voter spoils the ballot, he must request an-
other from the president of the board, exchanging
the spoiled ballot with a new one. The president re-
cords the spoiled ballot. A Voter Registration Station

8. Postal Vote
The voters who have to work on the day of the
elections have the right to have a dispensation
from work for the time necessary to exercise their
right to vote. Voters may exercise their right to vote
in the location where they find themselves on the
date of the elections. Polling Station officials shall
record on the form provided for this purpose, the
name, voter registration card number and the lo-
cale of the voter registration for statistical purpos- Voters queue to cast Ballot in Presidential Elections in Lu-
es and below in the polling lists. anda , Angola (23 Aug. 2017)

9. Method of electoral Dispute resolution (C) ELECTION CALENDAR
The authority for the oversight of the regularity and
the validity of the elections is given, as the ultimate 1. Last Elections Dates
instance, to the Constitutional Tribunal. 23 Aug. 2017

10. Voter Education system 2. Future Election Calendar
The Ministry of Territory Administration imple- May 2022
mented, on a national level between June 2016
and March 2017, a project titled “Angola Presente” 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
which informed Angolan citizens of the importance No
of registering to vote.
4. Compulsory Voting
No

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sUPPLEMENtArY
iNforMAtioN

*The D’Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a high-
est averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a
type of party-list proportional representation. The meth-
od described is named in the United States after Thomas
Jefferson, who introduced the method for proportional
allocation of seats in the United States House of Repre-

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