Voter registration, which has been conducted in 11 regions and city administrations across the country, ends today. As today is the last day of voter registration in Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Dire Dawa, Harari, Oromia, Gambella, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, Sidama and Somali regions, we call on citizens who do not have a voter’s card to register.

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has sent a delegation of political parties and media to South Africa to visit the printing process of ballot paper.

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is working to address the shortages of polling stations near condominiums in Addis Ababa. Accordingly, since last Saturday, NEBE has been opening additional polling stations near condominiums in Addis Ababa to improve voter registration for the remaining days.

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced that it is investigating alleged irregularities in voter registration in 11 constituencies in the Somali region. Accordingly, the Board has invited five civil society organizations to take part in the investigation, and the three associations have appointed lawyers to participate.

Since the completion of the registration of candidates, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has been receiving complaints, resolving problems, conducting lottery for the ballot paper, finalizing list of candidates, and preparing for the publication of ballot cards.

It is known that the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is conducting voter registration for the 6th national election. The low voter registration rate in the early days has improved now and voters are registering in a significant way, especially near the end of the registration period.

It is known that the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is conducting voter registration for the 6th National Election. It is also clear that voter registration has been delayed in some constituencies. The Board, in collaboration with the regional government bodies, has been working to start voter registration in areas where voter registration has not yet begun, and now decided to hold the voter registration from May 5 to May 21, 2021.

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Disability and Gender Inclusion are among the major activities that the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has been focusing on since its re-establishment. To help increase the reach of the electoral law to the blind, the board begun handing out braille publications to civil society organizations that provide voter education to persons with disability and observe the election. In addition to the braille, the board has begun issuing badges that would allow civil society observers have a legal recognition at polling stations.

National Electoral Board of Ethiopia April 13, 2021 Addis Ababa held conflict prevention joint form on electoral conflict prevention.

The forum was chaired by the Chairwoman of the Board, Birtukan Mideksa. Elections are a multi-stakeholder platform and some of the stakeholders are political parties, and it is necessary to set up a series of forums to make them aware of their mistakes and successes and to correct mistakes as well, the chairperson indicated.