APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – campaigning for Rwanda’s July combined Presidential and legislative election will start on June 22 and close on July 13 before voting gets underway from July 14 and 16, an official source disclosed Thursday.
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) said that the list of voters will be revised from March to June, both for those in Rwanda and abroad.
The commission will begin to receive nominations for the presidency and members of the parliament from May 17-30.
According to the calendar, independent candidates who are not nominated by political parties will begin to collect the signatures of their supporters from April 18 to May 30.
According to the rule, independent presidential candidates are obliged to have 600 signatures from registered voters across the country, which translates to 12 people from each district.
The provisional voters’ list will be announced not later than June 14, while the final list will be announced on June 29.
The final list of the approved candidates will be announced on June 14.
Campaign period for political parties and independent candidates will begin on June 22 and close on June 13.
Designation and appointment of polling officers will be done not later than June 14.
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