Voter registration feasibility study to prepare universal elections in Somalia
In preparation of Somalia universal elections, the first since 1969, the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC), supported by the UN Joint Programme for Electoral Support, concluded discussions with key national and subnational stakeholders on a feasibility study evaluating all aspects related to the introduction of a new voter registration system in Somalia. The study examined […]
Somalia moves towards one person one vote elections in 2020-2021
On 13 December 2017, the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) has launched a five-year Strategic Plan to help Somalia achieving its first ‘one-person, one-vote’ elections in 2020-2021. Alongside with the plan, NIEC also released a ‘Somali Lexicon of Electoral Terminology’, a glossary of electoral terms in English, Somali and Arabic languages, which will frame public outreach […]