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

4. No. of Members in EMB 5. Voting Method
21 members Manual marking of Ballots

5. Terms of office 6. Voting Process
For election period only Article 47-49 Election Law
6. EMB Members selected by  Voter proves his identity and verifies that his
The Independent National Electoral Commission name is in the voter list
(CENI), at the level of the District of Djibouti, is  The voter is given the ballot papers and envelop
composed of: * Three (3) members appointed by
the government; * Three (3) members appointed  After the voter marks his ballot and puts it in an
by the President of the National Assembly; * Three envelope and places it inside the ballot box, the
(3) magistrates elected in general assembly of the voter signs his initials beside his name in the
magistrates; * Three representatives of civil soci- voter list.
ety; * A person designated by each political party  The voter’s left thumb is marked with indelible
regularly constituted or appointed by the indepen- ink.
dent candidate (s) Article 7: The representation of
the Independent National Electoral Commission, 7. Postal Vote
for each electoral district of the five districts of the
interior, is composed as follows: * Two (2) mem- 8. Method of electoral Dispute resolution
bers chosen by the government; * Two (2) mem-
bers appointed by the President of the National
Assembly; * Two (2) magistrates elected in gener- 9. Voter Education system for different category of
al assembly of magistrates under the same con- voters Best Practices
ditions as for the Independent National Electoral
Commission (CENI); * Two people nominated by
civil society; * A person designated by each politi- 10. Pictures of Electoral Processes/Voter
cal party regularly constituted or appointed by the
independent candidate (s)
11. Education
7. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
Presidential, Unicameral National Assembly (C) ELECTION CALENDAR

8. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) 1. Last Elections Dates
Electoral Law (1992) 23 February 2018

(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS 2. Future Election Calendar
2023
1. Total Population
0.99 Million (Feb., 2019) 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
No
2. Registered Electors
0.2 Million (June, 2018) 4. Compulsory Voting
No
3. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo
Identity Card
Voter Card
4. Voter turnout in last National Elections
61.78% (2018)

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