Ethiopia General Election 24th May 2015 : electionethiopia.org

Organisation : National Electorial Board of Ethiopia
Facility : Ethiopia General Election
Country : Ethiopia

Ethiopia General Election/ Home page : https://nebe.org.et/am/pp-registration

National Electoral Board of Ethiopia :
Electoral Calendar – General Elections 2015 :
No | Activity | Date :
1 Contending Political Parties choose their campaigning symbols at NEBE HQ Nov. 24 – Dec. 9
2 Constituency Election Offices open and start work Dec. 10
3 Voters elect public observers at their respective Polling Stations Dec. 21
4 Private candidates gather support signatures and submit them for verification Dec. 15 – Jan 3
5 Kebele officials verify the support signatures and formally communicate the confirmed document to Private Candidates Dec. 19 – Jan 5
6 Private Candidates gather support signatures replacing any unaccepted ones, and after verification, submit the final set of support signatures to Constituency Electoral offices Dec. 24 – Jan 8
7 Contending Political Parties and Private Candidates announce their permanent and mobile representatives at Constituency and Polling station levels to the Constituency Electoral Offices Dec. 14 – May 13
8 Registration of Political Party Candidates at Constituency Electoral Offices Dec. 25 – Feb 4
9 Private Candidates submit their verified support signatures to Constituency Electoral Offices in order to register as nominated candidates Dec. 25 – Feb 2
10 Party or Private Candidates who have faced any restrictions concerning their registration as candidates, can submit complaints to the Constituency Grievance Hearing Committee Dec. 25 – Feb 2
11 Party of Private Candidates restricted from being registered as such, appeal to NEBE Regional Branch Offices if they are not satisfied by the decision of the Constituency Grievance Hearing Committee Dec. 25 – Feb 7
12 Polling Stations Open and start work Jan. 8
13 Voter Registration starts at every Polling Station Jan. 9 – Feb. 19
14 Special voter registration period for those who could not register in time due to force majeure, when the Polling Station Grievance Hearing Committee decides for them to that effect Feb. 20 and Feb 21
15 The Voter Register will be open for public inspection at Polling Stations Feb. 20 – Feb. 24
16 Appeals will be lodged at the Constituency Grievance Hearing Committee if a person is restricted from registering as a voter or if they are aggrieved by the decision of Polling Station Grievance Hearing Committee to that effect Jan. 9 – Mar. 2
17 Private Candidates choose their symbols at Constituency Electoral Offices Feb. 3 – Feb. 7
18 Names of Candidates will be made public at every Constituency Feb. 8
19 Candidates receive their Identification Card that confirms their candidacy Feb. 9 – Feb. 14
20 Candidates officially start their electoral campaign Feb. 14
21 A One Day orientation on the voting process will be given at every Kebele May 17
22 Electoral campaign of candidates officially closes May 21 6:00pm
23 Voting Day May 24 6:00am – 6:00pm
24 Vote counting starts at every Polling Station May 24 Stating at 6:00pm
25 Anyone having complaints on the voting process lodges grievances to the Polling Station Grievance Hearing Committee and receives decisions May 24
26 Anyone having complaints on the vote counting process and on results can lodge grievances to Polling Station Grievance Hearing Committee and to the next levels at the Constituency Grievance Hearing Committee and the Board and receives decisions May 24 – June 14
27 Results will be made public at every Polling Station on notice boards May 25
28 Results from Polling Stations will be tallied at Constituency Electoral offices and will be made public on notice boards May 30
29 Preliminary election results based on tallied up Constituency results will be made public at the Boars secretariat, as necessary Up to May 31
30 Total electoral results will be verified and officially announced to the general public by the Board June 22

The Board secretary office described about general election of 2015 :
** The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia secretary office described about general election of 2015 to University of Bradford study visitors in its hall.
** Ato Wenedemu Gola Deputy Chief Secretary of the Board verified that the Board committed to implement fair and democratic election in a country.
** The aim of those visitors is to get awareness about the current election of Ethiopia.
** During this discussion they raise different questions about the implementation of election2015.
** The Deputy chief secretary is also respond their questions Vividly.
** Finally they thanked the Board for giving the chance to take part on the discussion.