10. As to the mechanism of objection for the voters whose names are not registered in the lists
designated to them, Article (12) of the above-mentioned Law sets out the procedural method
regulating this objection, stating that, “Any person whose name is not registered in the voters’
list, or if there is an error in his/her registered data therein, is entitled to request the Supervisory
Committee on the Soundness of the Referendum and Election, stipulated in Article (7) of this
Law, to include his/her name or to correct the details relating to his/her registration. Any person,
who is no longer subject to a ban after drawing up the lists, may request including his/her name
or to correct the details concerning his/her registration. Any voter whose name is registered
in one of the voters’ lists, may request the inclusion of the name of a person whose name is
neglected unjustly, or the omission of the name of a person who is listed wrongfully, or the
correction of the registration data, with regard to the voters’ list of the electoral constituency in
which the name of such person is registered. The appeal for registration or correction shall be
submitted during the display period of the voters’ lists. The Committee shall issue its decision
on the appeal within three days as of the date of filing the appeal. Failure to issue a decision
during this period is an implicit decision of rejection. In case of issuing a decision rejecting the
appeal, the concerned party shall have the right to appeal such decision before the Supreme
Civil Court of Appeal no later than three days from the rejection. The Court shall decide on the
appeals within seven days from the date of commencing the proceedings; its judgment is final
with no possibility of appeal.”
11. Regarding the municipal affairs, the provisions of Articles (2), (3), (7), (8), (10) and (11) of DecreeLaw No. (3) of 2002 on the system of election of members of municipal councils and its amendments,
bear, in substance, the same provisions governing the electoral process of the members of the House
of Representatives.
12. In practice, the NIHR has monitored and followed up the efforts of the Supreme Committee for
the General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections, through various forms of media and social
media, which facilitate and ease the electoral process in both its parliamentary and municipal
branches with regard to the stage of registration in voters’ lists and objection, the time limits to
be observed to receive appeals for change and correction of addresses, as well as provision of
several means to verify the presence of voters’ names, the possibility of correcting the addresses
electronically through the website. This guarantees that citizens exercise their right effectively and
in line with the relevant international standards and obligations.
13. The NIHR also monitored the official announcement issued by the Supreme Committee for the
General Supervision of the Soundness of Elections, which indicated that the number of voters who
verified their data in the voters’ lists through the supervisory committees distributed among the
four governorates of the Kingdom, in addition to the website dedicated to that purpose is (134637)
voters.
14. The NIHR believes that these figures assert the advanced level of political awareness and human
rights’ knowledge of the citizens, the desire to participate in politics and management of public
affairs in the Kingdom, the further advancement of democratic life, and the support of the political
development process in the Kingdom.
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