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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
c . At any polling station in the same country
Comments:
Le nombre de bureaux de vote est fixé par la Commission Electorale Indépendante.
Article 52: Students, military, police personnel and such other people when it is regarded necessary, are permitted to vote in the electoral area from where they did not register but a written statement shall be made thereafter.
Source:
Organic law N° 03/2010/OL of 18/06/2010 governing presidential and parliamentary elections, art. 52: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/ (2017)
Verified:
2024/12/04
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation)
Comments:
Possible for all voters abroad.
Article 52: Students, military, police personnel and such other people when it is regarded necessary, are permitted to vote in the electoral area from where they did not register but a written statement shall be made thereafter.
Source:
Organic law N° 03/2010/OL of 18/06/2010 governing presidential and parliamentary elections, art. 10, 177 - 186: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/ (2017)
Verified:
2024/12/04
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies
Comments:
Source:
Organic law N° 03/2010/OL of 18/06/2010 governing presidential and parliamentary elections, art. 31 (2), 177 - 186: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/ (2017)
Verified:
2024/12/04
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments:
A voter fingerprints or ticks in the appropriate box that follows the box with a photograph of the candidate he or she has voted.
Source:
Organic law N° 03/2010/OL of 18/06/2010 governing presidential and parliamentary elections, art. 57: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/ (2017)
Rwanda Electoral code Chapter 8 Article 87. https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-electoral-code-regulating-the-presidential
Verified:
2024/12/04
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