Morsy bans voting outside of assigned electoral districts

[DJKeefy]

Voters will no longer be able to vote outside of their electoral districts in the upcoming constitution referendum, after President Mohamed Morsy amended an electoral law.

Morsy issued an amendment to Law 73 for the year 1956 canceling the stipulation allowing voters tocast their ballots in referendums outside of their electoral districts, a presidential statement on Tuesday morning said.

The amendment, which the president's office claimed was requested by the Supreme Elections Commission, is aimed at "public interest, and for Egypt to successfully end the current transition and move on to the building of constitutionally-founded institutions."

The statement added that the amendment also aimed to "avoid concerns about the fairness of the electoral process and to alleviate the judges supervising the polling from potential burdens."

The president's office justified the amendment by alleging that while allowing voters to cast their ballots outside their electoral districts may be convenient for people, the process can produce many appeals and cast a lot of doubts about the extent to which the referendum is a free and clean process.

The statement also claimed that allowing voting outside of one's electoral district would require supervising judges to create lists for those who are not registered in a given district, imposing an additional burden on them.

The referendum starts on 12 December with voters abroads casting their ballots, while it will take place in Egypt on 15 December.

Morsy scheduled the referendum amid simmering political unrest stemming partially from the constitution draft and the conduct of the Constituent Assembly. Secular forces have accused Islamists of hijacking the drafting process.

Until a new Parliament is elected, Morsy has legislative powers, through which he has been issuing laws and decrees. If the constitution is passed, legislation powers will be transfered to the Islamist-dominated Shura Council; the upper house of Parliament, until new parliamentary elections are held.

Source: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/mo ... -districts

[DJKeefy]

After talking with a few Egyptians and also my own thoughts from what I have read in the news the last few months, It seems like Morsi has no idea what to do, one minute he makes some amendments the next minute he cancels them, no wonder many are getting peed off wth him.

Like with the elections and voting only to be allowed inside ones electoral districts means that 1,000's of Egptians in Luxor alone wont be able to vote.

[Bullet Magnet]

They ALL tell me he is not strong enough to carry Egypt on his shoulders, he is a Weak Man..

That's what they say..

[TonyC]

Like with the elections and voting only to be allowed inside ones electoral districts means that 1,000's of Egptians in Luxor alone wont be able to vote.

They'll get some help...

The Transportation Ministry is reducing the price of air-conditioned train tickets by 50 percent for 15 December to encourage citizens who have to travel to vote on the constitution referendum.

Housing Minister and acting Transportation Minister Tareq Wafiq also said that transportations services will be doubled on referendum day, and that passengers will be allowed to ride buses and third class train carriages for free in order to promote voting.

And...

The Finance Ministry will pay the total cost difference to the Egyptian National Railways Authority.

Similar procedures were also put in place during the presidential elections.

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/fr ... rendum-day

[DJKeefy]

Do you think they will be allowed time off work to travel from say Hurghada back to Luxor? I doubt it

[Bullet Magnet]

Didn't Mubarak once prevent the Students from Voting using the same tactics.. ?

'Man to Pig, and Pig to Man... and Already '....

So, basically what we had last year, was a country FORCED to vote for Morsi.. ( through lack of real choice )
Because The Military put all the potential Puppets on Display in the shop window.