Today, the process of registering the names of citizens in the voter lists begins, in preparation for the elections of the Central Municipal Council in its seventh session scheduled for June 22, and the registration of voters in the lists continues until Thursday, May 4. The Ministry of the Interior called on male and female citizens to register their names in the voter lists, and indicated that registration is available manually at the polling stations, from four in the afternoon until seven in the evening, or electronically via "Metrash 2" 24 hours a day. The ministry noted, in a statement, the conditions that must be met by the voter, which are: "His original nationality must be Qatari, or fifteen years have passed since he acquired the Qatari nationality, and his age must not be less than eighteen Gregorian years on May 4, 2023, and he must not have been previously convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or dishonesty unless he has been rehabilitated, and he must be a resident He is effective in the constituency in which the right to vote is exercised, and he must not be a worker in the armed forces or the police". The registration procedures are represented in the fact that the citizen proceeds with the registration procedures himself at the headquarters of the electoral district to which he belongs, or through an application "Metrash 2"And that the personal card is the reference in determining the residence address, and a person may not request registration in more than one electoral district. The Ministry of Interior also warned that everyone who has previously been registered has the right to request a modification of his registration in another electoral district, according to the data of his current actual residence. According to the timetable for the electoral process, the preliminary voter lists will be announced at the polling stations, with the door to appeal and grievance against these lists open on Sunday, May 7. Voter Conditions Registration takes place for those who meet the required conditions according to the following steps: Learn about the constituency to which it belongs by virtue of actual residence. Go to the electoral district headquarters to register your name. Fill in the voter registration application form and make sure that the information contained therein is correct. Submit the application to the voter registration committee with the identification card, or use your right to register through the Metrash 2 application. After verifying the data and fulfilling the required conditions, the committee will register the voter’s name in the list of voters, and it will be published at the headquarters of the constituency concerned as soon as the necessary procedures are completed in a way that enables citizens to view on him. A voter whose name is not included in the voter list has the right to submit a request to the Voter Registration Committee within a week to add his name to the list, and he is also entitled to submit a similar request to remove a name from his unjustly registered name in the voter list. It is worth noting that the number of electoral constituencies in the country is (29) constituencies, whose borders and regions are indicated by the Minister of Interior’s decision No. (51) of 2014, and each constituency has a headquarters designated for the implementation of the various procedures of the electoral process, such as registering voters and candidates, adjudicating appeals, conducting elections, and announcing the results.
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