Commission opens the voter registration update centers next month

10/09/2013 12:00 AM

In preparation for the 2014 elections

BAGHDAD - morning - Omar Abdel-Latif
UNHCR launched the Independent Electoral Bastaadadadtha to hold general elections 2014 , at the time it decided to open a voter registration update centers next month.
The preparations starting one day after the identify of the House of Representatives the 30th of April a maximum date for the next elections.

Technical preparations

Mekdad Sharifi, head of the electoral administration in the election commission said in a statement received "morning, " a copy of it , start technical preparations and determine the times required for the election of the House of Representatives 2014.
He said Sharifi : "The Electoral Commission has initiated to begin implementation of the tasks to prepare for the process of updating the voter register for the election of the House of Representatives 2014" , confirming receipt of the Board of Commissioners ( the general concept for the implementation of the election of the House of Representatives ) of the Operations Department in the Commission , as well as the preparation of the timetable for the implementation of the elections .
Sharifi added that the Operations Department prepared the technical specifications of the voter registration update form and forms chock her , pointing out that departments and sections of the Commission took it upon themselves to configuration and to develop plans for the success of the next electoral event .
He also told Sharifi that the Commission has started preparations to stage voter registration update , as the Department of Mass Communication to prepare vocabulary media campaign for this stage have included Vocabulary ( seventeen ) items , including the preparation and the creation of publications to educate voters and produce scenes television and also Almsama radio and newspaper advertisements daily .

Timetables

In the meantime, the Commission confirmed that the House vote to compel the Commission to hold parliamentary elections on 30.04.2014 is confirmation of their actions do not affect the timetable set by the Commission to do so.
Member of the Board of Commissioners at UNHCR judge pleasure Alheitawi said "morning" : that the Commission has started preparations to hold the parliamentary electoral process for the end of April of next year , adding that the Commission has prepared a timetable so began the implementation of its paragraphs.
He continued: Commission fully aware of the materials except for paragraph election law distribution of seats , stressing that that paragraph if there is any change can not affect the election schedule .
The Alheitawi pointed out that the Commission received the Bastaadadadtha advance of this election and the amount of 35 billion dinars.

Government approval

Among Alheitawi that the Commission is working today on two large very two parliamentary elections and the registration and verification mail in all parts of Iraq , as it got UNHCR funds necessary to register address for it and referred the project to the Spanish company has a long history in this matter , noting that the cabinet had voted on this project and rounded the project budget of $ 150 million and its work will begin very early time .
And hinted that next November will open voter registration centers to start the update process that will continue for a whole month and the Commission will new measures through access to every home, and adoption of new systems is the difference phones in addition to routine operations earlier , confirming buy Commission last updated data on voters from Ministry of Commerce in the amount of 750 million dinars.

E-Cards

The member of the Board of Commissioners that "the Commission will distribute the card voter electronic among all citizens covered shall bear all the data center and the polling station that vote where the voter to ensure that the Commission limit the repetition of names and non-existence and non-voting instead of the voter by not allowing access only to the holder of this card is the original thus, the process has limited the fraud and the elimination of the biggest problems facing the voter register.
The Alheitawi announced yesterday that the Board of Commissioners held a series of regular meetings to discuss the initial preparations and the preparation of regulations and procedures for the election of the Iraqi Council of Representatives 2014, noting that the Council discuss the plans developed by the departments Commission in preparation for the elections , noting that the Commission looking to enter the number of instructions and new measures to organize media campaigns , procedures and mechanism to communicate with the media institutions for the purpose of the success of the processes of updating the voters' register and ballot .
Trade Data

For its part , confirmed Kolshan Kamal Ali Member of the Board of Commissioners in the election commission received database from the Commission and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade .
Ali pointed out that the Electoral Commission received a database of registered citizens within the ration card for the purpose of analyzing data with a database register of voters for the Election Commission , indicating that the Commission will audit all the data covered citizens to vote in the election of the Iraqi Council of Representatives is hoped to be held in the year 2014.
He also noted that the Commission will add new voters who will become eighteen years of age over the next year to register voters .

Voter Registration

The Electoral Commission for elections has been prepared for the purpose of technical specifications print your voter register , as confirmed by the fineness Moussawi, spokesman for the Commission.
He said al-Moussawi , the "morning " , he " was directed instructions to all election offices in the provinces to prepare costs speculative to print the voter register primary and implementation of print , according to the powers granted to them ," noting that " the Electoral Commission has prepared the technical specifications of publications and seals registration centers , as well as the preparation of technical specifications of some electoral materials used in the forthcoming electoral process . "
It also held the Electoral Commission for elections meeting with the interior and defense ministries to create special voting data in preparation for the elections .
Member of the Board of Commissioners Sirwan Ahmed pointed out that the members of the Board of Commissioners held a meeting with the ministries of interior and defense to create special voting data after it has been identifying the mechanism of action of the security ministries and the Commission in preparation for the election of Iraq's parliament 2014 .

Hiring staff

It should be noted that the Commission directed all electoral offices in the provinces call registration staff for the purpose of renewal of contract with the Commission in preparation for the election of the House of Representatives . , And in this regard , said Mohsen al-Moussawi member of the Board of Commissioners in the Commission : "It was directed instructions to all election offices in the provinces call registration staff outstanding contracts for the purpose of contracting with them. "
Moussawi said the last date of the contract will be on Sunday, October 20 current .


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