Final list of by-election candidates to be announced tomorrow

Manama, Counsellor Nawaf Abdullah Hamza, Chairman of the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission, Executive Director for the by-elections to fill the membership of the Council of Representatives announced that the final lists of candidates for the first electoral constituency in Muharraq Governorate will be presented at the Supervisory Committee at Al Busaiteen Intermediate Girls School tomorrow. These lists will also be published on the official elections website, www.vote.bh. This comes following the conclusion of the legally designated period for filing appeals, with the competent court having ruled on all submitted appeals. Consequently, the final lists shall be approved. The Executive Director said that the supervisory committee will begin issuing the voter lists to the candidates starting tomorrow, Thursday, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The Executive Director announced that the supervisory committee will commence accepting applications for candidate agents from August 22nd until August 31st. Each candi date will be permitted to select voters registered in the district's electoral roll as their agents before the polling and counting committee. The application must be accompanied by the candidate's application receipt, a copy of the agent's ID card, and two personal photographs. Applications for candidate agents may also be submitted through the official elections website, www.vote.bh. Regarding any request for withdrawal from the candidacy, Nawaf Hamza indicated that the final deadline for submitting withdrawal requests for the by-elections is August 28, in accordance with the law, which allows a candidate to withdraw by submitting a written notification on the designated form to the supervisory committee at least ten days before the election day. Source: Bahrain News Agency