The CEC announced the legal time line for local elections 2011

Timetable for the 2011 Local Elections

Following a decision from the Cabinet issued on February 8, 2011 calling for the 2011 Local Council Elections to be held on July 9, 2011, the CEC announces the legal timeline for all electoral procedures, based on the Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005:

Electoral event	Legal period (days)	Date of Implementation
Voter registration	7	09-Mar
End of voter registration	1	15-Mar
Registration, Exhibition and challenges	5	09-Apr
Processing of appeals by the Commission	5	14-Apr
Appealing of CEC decisions before the court	5	19-Apr
Adjudication of appeals by the court	3	24-Apr
*Nomination	10	25-May
Last date to withdraw nominations for candidates	1	02-Jun
Closing of nominations	1	03-Jun
**Publishing of the preliminary list of candidates	1	05-Jun
Receiving of objections to the lists and their candidates	3	05-Jun
Processing of objections to the nominations	3	07-Jun
Appealing the CEC decisions on the nominations before the court	3	10-Jun
Adjudication of the appeals submitted on the nominations by the court	5	13-Jun
Last date to withdraw nominations for lists	1	24-Jun
Publishing of the final register of electoral lists	1	25-Jun
***Electoral campaigning	13	25-Jun
Last date of electoral campaigning	1	07-Jul
Early voting for security forces	1	07-Jul
Polling day	1	09-Jul
Announcement of the preliminary election results and commencement of the final counting process	1	10-Jul
Announcement of the final election results	3	10-Jul
Submission of appeals on election results to the electoral court	7	13-Jul
Adjudication of appeals by the electoral court	5	20-Jul

* 44 days prior to polling day  according to article 15, clause 1 of Local Council Elections Law No.10 of 2005 and its amendments.
** 34 days prior to polling day according to article 21 of Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005 and its amendments.
*** 14 days prior to polling day  according to article 27 of Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005and its amendments.