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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections d . At specially designated polling stations
Comments: Se contempla la instalación de mesas de votación para los chipriotas que residan en el extranjero.
Cyprus Mail: Speaking at a news conference marking the official closing of the election campaign, Nicolaides said voters should be aware of the polling station they are listed to vote in
Source: Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 7(1), 27(2):
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016);
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/05/20/knowing-how-and-where-to-vote/
Official website of the Central Electoral Service:
http://moi.gov.cy (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
b . Citizens residing outside the country c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation)
Comments: 27 (2) Para. 2 Provided that the Commissioner may, if he deems it necessary, on the basis of the existing circumstances,
to run polling stations abroad, in embassies of the Republic or elsewhere, on condition
that in any city abroad they express, in a statement they submit to it
supplementary electoral roll of the quarter preceding the date of the elections
elections, interest in exercising their electoral right there, at least thirty voters from each
which at the day of the elections will be abroad:
Source: Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 27(2) para. 2:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016);
Official website of the Central Electoral Service:
http://moi.gov.cy (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies b . Consulates c . Special polling stations
Comments: Art. 27 (2): Provided that the Commissioner may, if he deems it necessary, on the basis of the existing circumstances,
to run polling stations abroad, in embassies of the Republic or elsewhere, on condition
that in any city abroad they express, in a statement they submit to it
supplementary electoral roll of the quarter preceding the date of the elections
elections, interest in exercising their electoral right there, at least thirty voters from each
which at the day of the elections will be abroad:
"Regulating the right of citizens eligible to vote from abroad, in embassies and consulates, was met with a lot of resistance from political parties and state authorities and was only made possible with an amendment to the law on the Elections of the House of Representatives in 2002 which also applies mutatis mutandis to the presidential and European parliament elections. Though initially applicable only to students and workers temporarily living abroad, this law was subsequently extended to cover any person registered in the electoral registry and living abroad. This may also include expatriates who fulfil the legal requirements for voter registration. However, a decision to establish voting centres abroad is at the discretion of the Minister of Interior and may be only taken if certain requirements are fulfilled"
Source: Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 27(2):
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016);
Access to Electoral Rights Report, RSCAS/EUDO-CIT-ER 2013/25 p. 4
http://eudo-citizenship.eu/admin/?p=file&appl=countryProfiles&f=1325-Cyprus-FRACIT%20.pdf
Official website of the Central Electoral Service:
http://moi.gov.cy (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments: Art 29 (6): The electorate on receipt of the ballot paper proceeds to this part of the case secretly
items on the ballot paper and in their predefined ways
of the party or the co-operation of many co-operative parties or the inter- mediate
candidate or co-chairperson independent of his / her election.
A voter can indicate his choice of party and candidate or candidates on the ballot by printing the symbols of ‘+’, ‘X’, or ‘√’ in the large square box under the preferred party, or in the square next to the independent candidate of choice. Voters who wish to indicate preference to particular candidates under the umbrella of a party may also use one of the aforementioned symbols in the square next to the name of the candidate.
Source: Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 29 (5-11):
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016).
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/05/20/knowing-how-and-where-to-vote/
Verified: 2024/10/25
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