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Legislative Framework

Kuwait Kuwait

LF001

Status of Electoral Law


Question:What is the status of the electoral law governing national elections?
Answer(s): b. Separate legislation
Comments:
Source: Law No. 35 of 1962 on the election of members of Parliament with its amendments: http://www.gcc-legal.org/mojportalpublic/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=1&LawID=2687#Section_3508 (2013)
Verified: 2013/01/31
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LF003

Electoral Law covers


Question:The national electoral law covers:
Answer(s): a. National elections
Comments:
Source: Law No. 35 of 1962 on the election of members of Parliament with its amendments: http://www.gcc-legal.org/mojportalpublic/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=1&LawID=2687#Section_3508 (2013)
Verified: 2013/01/31
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LF004

Compulsory/voluntary voting


Question:Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
Answer(s): a. Voting is voluntary
Comments:
Source: Official Website of the Kuwait Government: http://www.pm.gov.kw/en/national_Assembly/aboutNationalAssembly.jsp (2013); Law No. 35 of 1962 on the election of members of Parliament with its amendments, art. 1: http://www.gcc-legal.org/mojportalpublic/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=1&LawID=2687#Section_3508 (2013)
Verified: 2013/01/31
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LF007

Electoral Disputes Agency(ies)


Question:What are the agency(ies) responsible for the first level of formal electoral disputes?
Answer(s): d. Other
Comments: The General Secretariat of the Council of the Nation
Source: Law No. 35 of 1962 on the election of members of Parliament with its amendments, art. 41, 42: http://www.gcc-legal.org/mojportalpublic/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=1&LawID=2687#Section_3508 (2013)
Verified: 2013/01/31
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