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Voting Operations

Nicaragua Nicaragua

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: Citizens shall cast their votes at the polling station in which they are registered.
Source: Electoral Law No. 331 (as amended by law No. 790 of 23/05/2012), art. 109: http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/SILEG/Gacetas.nsf/5eea6480fc3d3d90062576e300504635/e2ad62ab83ae684406257a08006aebbe/$FILE/Ley%20No.%20790.pdf (2012)
Verified: 2016/06/07
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): g. Other
Comments: Nicaraguan citizens outside of the country or living abroad are supposed to have the right to vote in the election for President and Vice-president, national deputies and Central American Parliament deputies, following the same model as within the nation; however, this is yet to take place in practice.
Source: Electoral Law No. 331 (as amended by law No. 790 of 23/05/2012), art. 122: http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/SILEG/Gacetas.nsf/5eea6480fc3d3d90062576e300504635/e2ad62ab83ae684406257a08006aebbe/$FILE/Ley%20No.%20790.pdf (2012); EU EOM Final Report, General and Parlacen Elections in Nicaragua, 2011: http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfile/moeue-nicaragua-final-report-22022012_en.pdf (2012)
Verified: 2016/06/07
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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): f. Other
Comments: Even though the law states the possibility of personally voting from abroad at special polling stations, this has never actually taken to practice. However, it is established that for citizens abroad to exercise their right to vote, locations will be set up under the legal fiction of extraterritoriality.
Source: Electoral Law No. 331 (as amended by law No. 790 of 23/05/2012), art. 122: http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/SILEG/Gacetas.nsf/5eea6480fc3d3d90062576e300504635/e2ad62ab83ae684406257a08006aebbe/$FILE/Ley%20No.%20790.pdf (2012); EU EOM Final Report, General and Parlacen Elections in Nicaragua, 2011: http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfile/moeue-nicaragua-final-report-22022012_en.pdf (2012)
Verified: 2016/06/07
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): a. Manually marking of ballots
Comments: The voters shall mark each ballot paper with an “X” or any other sign within the circle of their preference and shall fold it to be introduced into the corresponding ballot box.
Source: Electoral Law No. 331 (as amended by law No. 790 of 23/05/2012), art. 116 (4): http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/SILEG/Gacetas.nsf/5eea6480fc3d3d90062576e300504635/e2ad62ab83ae684406257a08006aebbe/$FILE/Ley%20No.%20790.pdf (2012)
Verified: 2016/06/07
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