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Voting Operations

Egypt Egypt

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
Comments: “The Minister of Interior shall decide the number and location of general and sub-polling stations where elections and referendums will be held. Each station will have a head and no less than two members. Each station will have a secretary.”
Source: Law No. 73 of the year 1956 Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights and its Amendments: http://www.democracy-reporting.org/files/law_on_the_exercise_of_political_rights_including_amendments_to_december.pdf (2013)
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): b. Citizens residing outside the country
Comments:
Source: Decree of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, by Law No.45 of 2014, on the Issuance of Law for regulating the Exercise of Some Political Rights, art. 50: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=78396#.ViELw_lVhHw (2014); Legislative Decree No. 130 of 2011 concerning the Egyptians living abroad vote: http://www.elections.eg/images/pdfs/laws/OCVoting2011-130.pdf (2013).
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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
Comments:
Source: Decree of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, by Law No.45 of 2014, on the Issuance of Law for regulating the Exercise of Some Political Rights, art. 50: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=78396#.ViELw_lVhHw (2014); Legislative Decree No. 130 of 2011 concerning the Egyptians living abroad vote: http://www.elections.eg/images/pdfs/laws/OCVoting2011-130.pdf (2013).
Verified: 2025/09/23
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): a. Manually marking of ballots
Comments: “Voting in elections or referendums shall be implemented by ticking on a balloting card prepared especially for this purpose. The head of the polling station shall give each voter an unfolded balloting card, sealed in its back by the committee, carrying the date of the election or the referendum.”
Source: Decree of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, by Law No.45 of 2014, on the Issuance of Law for regulating the Exercise of Some Political Rights, art. 44: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=78396#.ViELw_lVhHw (2014); Law No. 73 of the year 1956 Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights and its Amendments, art. 29: http://www.democracy-reporting.org/files/law_on_the_exercise_of_political_rights_including_amendments_to_december.pdf (2013).
Verified: 2025/09/23
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