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Electoral event
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Legal period
(days)
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Date of
Implementation
|
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Cabinet decision calling for elections
|
1
|
10/07/2012
|
|
Voter registration, exhibition and challenges
|
5
|
05/08/2012
|
|
Processing of appeals by the Commission
|
5
|
10/08/2012
|
|
Appealing of CEC decisions before the court
|
5
|
15/08/2012
|
|
National Holidays 19-21/08/2012
|
|
Adjudication of appeals by the court
|
3
|
27/08/2012
|
|
*Nomination
|
10
|
01/09/2012
|
|
Last date to withdraw nominations for candidates
|
1
|
09/09/2012
|
|
Closing of nominations
|
1
|
10/09/2012
|
|
**Publishing of the preliminary list of candidates
|
1
|
16/09/2012
|
|
Receiving of objections to the lists and their candidates
|
3
|
16/09/2012
|
|
Processing of objections to the nominations
|
3
|
18/09/2012
|
|
Appealing the CEC decisions on the nominations before the court
|
3
|
23/09/2012
|
|
Adjudication of the appeals submitted on the nominations by the court
|
5
|
26/09/2012
|
|
Last date to withdraw nominations for lists
|
1
|
03/10/2012
|
|
Publishing of the final register of electoral lists
|
1
|
04/10/2012
|
|
***Electoral campaigning
|
13
|
06/10/2012
|
|
Last date of electoral campaigning
|
1
|
18/10/2012
|
|
Early voting for security forces
|
1
|
18/10/2012
|
|
Polling day
|
1
|
20/10/2012
|
|
Announcement of the preliminary election results and commencement of the final counting process
|
1
|
20/10/2012
|
|
Announcement of the final election results
|
3
|
20/10/2012
|
|
Submission of appeals on election results to the electoral court
|
7
|
23/10/2012
|
|
National Holidays 25-28/10/2012
|
|
Adjudication of appeals by the electoral court
|
5
|
05/11/2012
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