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Doha
The supervisory committee for the elections of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) on Monday organised a seminar for the heads and members of the elections committees of the Central Municipal Council. Total 94 candidates, including five women, are contesting the CMC elections. The seminar discussed the ways to manage the polling process, dealing with voters, counting the votes, announcing the winners and other procedures that guarantee the transparency of the voting process.
Each committee consists of a head from the judiciary, two members from the Ministry of the Interior and the other a civilian from the government departments. They must be at the electoral district headquarters at 7:30 am on the election day to check the boxes and open them. Brigadier Abdulrahman Majid al Sulaiti, member of the supervisory elections committee, said organising the seminar comes within the framework of the preparations of the supervisory committee for polling day on Tuesday to complete the stages of the electoral process. He reviewed the efforts made by the committee and its subcommittees during the past.
Brigadier SalimSaqr al Muraikhi, vice chairman of the Supervisory Committee, said that the winning candidate is the one who obtains the proportional majority of the valid votes. In the case of two or more members getting equal number of votes, the chairman of the committee will cast his vote in the presence of the candidates.
He said that after the counting of votes, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission will declare the winners in front of the candidates. The final result of the elections will be announced in the constituencies at a press conference.
Doha
The supervisory committee for the elections of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) on Monday organised a seminar for the heads and members of the elections committees of the Central Municipal Council. Total 94 candidates, including five women, are contesting the CMC elections. The seminar discussed the ways to manage the polling process, dealing with voters, counting the votes, announcing the winners and other procedures that guarantee the transparency of the voting process.
Each committee consists of a head from the judiciary, two members from the Ministry of the Interior and the other a civilian from the government departments. They must be at the electoral district headquarters at 7:30 am on the election day to check the boxes and open them. Brigadier Abdulrahman Majid al Sulaiti, member of the supervisory elections committee, said organising the seminar comes within the framework of the preparations of the supervisory committee for polling day on Tuesday to complete the stages of the electoral process. He reviewed the efforts made by the committee and its subcommittees during the past.
Brigadier SalimSaqr al Muraikhi, vice chairman of the Supervisory Committee, said that the winning candidate is the one who obtains the proportional majority of the valid votes. In the case of two or more members getting equal number of votes, the chairman of the committee will cast his vote in the presence of the candidates.
He said that after the counting of votes, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission will declare the winners in front of the candidates. The final result of the elections will be announced in the constituencies at a press conference.
