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Gibraltar

Legislative Framework

LF04 Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
a. Voting is voluntary

Source: International IDEA Voter Turnout Website (http://www.idea.int/vt/)
Last updated: 2006-11-21 18:54:28 UTC

Vote Counting

VC04 Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
b. At the polling centre

Comments: b) The Presiding Officer of the polling station delivers the votes to the Returning Officer who performs the count.
Source: Election Rules, art. 39, 40
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:15:49 UTC

VC11 Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
d. By request

Comments: Election Rules, art. 41: "41.(1) A candidate or his election agent may if present, when the counting or re-counting of votes is completed, require the returning officer to have the votes re-counted: Provided that the returning officer may refuse so to do if in his opinion the request is unreasonable. (2) No step shall be taken on the completion of any count or re-count of votes until the candidates and the election agents present at the completion thereof have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule."
Source: Election Rules, art. 41
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:15:49 UTC

VC16 If preliminary results are announced, how long after the close of polls is this done?

Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:15:49 UTC

Voting Operations

VO05 If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
e. By mail

Source: International IDEA research, January 2007
Last updated: 2007-02-02 09:38:30 UTC

VO10 Is there a maximum allowable voter capacity of a polling station for the national elections?

Last updated: 2007-02-02 09:38:30 UTC

VO11 How do electors cast their votes?
a. By manually marking the ballot

Source: Election Rules, art. 30
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:06:47 UTC

VO12 How many staff are assigned to each polling station?

Last updated: 2007-02-02 09:38:30 UTC

VO13 Approximately how many hours of training were provided to the presiding polling officer for the most recent national elections?

Last updated: 2007-02-02 09:38:30 UTC

VO14 Approximately how many hours of training were provided to the other polling officials for the most recent national elections?

Last updated: 2007-02-02 09:38:30 UTC

Voter Registration

VR01 What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
c. 18

Comments: 18 years
Source: Elector (Registration) Rules, art. 18
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:42:56 UTC

VR02 Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
a. Citizenship

Source: Elector (Registration) Rules, art. 18
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:42:56 UTC

VR04 Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
e. Other

Comments: e) The Registration Officer is responsible for this task.
Source: Elector (Registration) Rules
Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:42:56 UTC

VR09 Approximately what percentage (on the basis of cost) of registration supplies and equipment are obtained or produced within the country?

Last updated: 2007-02-12 17:42:56 UTC

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