The Central Elections Commission (CEC) held a meeting today at the CEC headquarters in Al-Bireh with the representatives of 15 registered Palestinian political factions to brief them on nomination procedures for the upcoming legislative elections, set to take place on May 22nd. The CEC explained the nomination conditions for Legislative Council membership along with the required enclosures, and answered inquiries of the participating representatives concerning this important stage of the electoral process.

CEC Chairman, Hanna Nasir, addressed a letter today to Attorney General, Akram Al-Khatib, with regards to the compliant submitted by the CEC to the Public Prosecution last month on the electoral crimes that took place during voter registration, i.e. transfer of polling locations of citizens without their knowledge

The Central Elections Commission (CEC) saluted Palestinian women today in honor of International Women's Day, which falls on March 8th each year, stating in a press release that the number of women registered to vote in the upcoming 2021 Palestinian elections reached 1.247 million, constituting approximately 49% of the total number of registrants in the preliminary voter registry. The Rafah governorate witnessed the highest rate of registered women (approximately 50%), while the lowest rate was recorded in Jerusalem (around 47.6%).

The Central Elections Commission (CEC) announced today the closure of exhibition and challenge centers in all districts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip with the end of the preliminary voter registry exhibition and challenge phase which lasted for three consecutive days, in accordance with the published electoral calendar.