Voting procedures for Egyptians who no longer live in the governorate in which they are registered to vote have changed, the judicial body organising Egypt’s upcoming presidential election said on Thursday.
MENA state news agency quoted Abdel-Aziz Salman, secretary-general of the Presidential Elections Commission, as saying that there will no longer be special polling stations for citizens voting away from their home cities.
Salman said those citizens will instead have to register with their national identity cards in public notary offices and choose a polling station in which they will vote.
Once registered via this method, the voter will be temporarily unable to cast a ballot in their home polling station, in order to prevent violations.
The registration date for those voters who wish to take advantage of this mechanism will be announced soon, Salman said.
Salman also said that the committee had received requests to monitor the election from 22 civil society organisations and four international organisations.
The first round of the much anticipated presidential vote is scheduled to take place on 26-27 May.
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