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

PArt iii (B) ELECTORAL PROCESS

ELECtorAL sYstEM 1. Total Population
Total: 1.2 Million
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
2. Registered Electors
1. Name of the EMB(S) 4.8 Million (2018 Referendum)
Commission ElectoraleNationaleIndependante 4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
(CENI) (Independent National Electoral Commis- Identity Card
sion)
Voter Card
2. Website Address 5. Voter turnout in last National Elections
www.ceniburundi.bi
74.32% (2015 vote), 96.2% (2018 Referendum)
3. Nature of EMB 6. Voting Method
Independent
Manual marking of Ballots
4. No. of Members in EMB 7. Voting Process
7
 Voter present their voter card, national ID card or
5. Terms of office other identification to the presiding officer
5 Years  After voter verification, a member of the polling

6. EMB Members selected by station points the voter’s name on the roll, gives
7 independent people appointed by presidential him two envelopes, one white and one black,
decree, after ratification by National Assembly and sealed and with initials and as many ballots as
Senate with 50% vote. there are candidates or lists of candidates.
 The voter goes to the polling booth and puts in
There is President, vice-president, five members the white envelope the ballot of the candidate of
holding portfolios of electoral operations, legal af- his choice.
fairs and electoral litigation, electoral logistics and
supplies, administration and finance, and electoral  The unused ballots go in the black envelope.
education and communication  The voter comes out of the booth and shows the

7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority presiding officer he has only two envelopes, one
By Presidential decree after the members have black and one white.
been ratified by the National Assembly and the  The white envelope is put in the ballot box and
Senate with a 75% majority each the black envelop in the large box

8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB  The polling station verifies that no voter is taking
Presidential, Parliamentary, Communal and Local unused ballot papers
Elections  A member of the polling booth puts indelible ink
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the on the voter’s finger
Electoral Process in the country 8. Postal Vote
Independent Provincial Electoral Commissions Yes
(CEPI) Independent Communal Electoral Commis-
sions (CECI) 9. Method of electoral Dispute resolution

10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
2005 (Established by Constitution Art 90)

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