PasserBy Posted April 5, 2010 jijiga, April 4, 2010 (jijiga) - More than 1.8 million electorates have registered so far to cast their votes in the upcoming fourth national election in Somali regional state, State’s branch office of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said. Office head, Mohammed Habib told ENA that the stated number of voters have registered in 703 polling stations until April 2, 2010. Some 821,130 voters are women. He urged the eligible voters to take their voters’ ID cards in time. The head said close to 2.5 million voters are expected to register until April 8, 2010. The head said Somali People Democratic Party (SPDP) have nominated four and 16 candidates for federal parliament and the regional council respectively in Arabi, Kebribeyah, Jijiga -1 and Jijiga - 2 constituencies. ---END--- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
