for the year 2007, where Article number (25) thereof countryd that every citizen, without any discrimination, shall have the right of participation in the management of public affairs, either directly or through representatives who are elected or to be elected in an integral elections run periodically by universal suffrage and secret voting, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the voters.  International instruments related to the right to vote and the right to contest for elections stress that exercising such right shall not be based on any discrimination among citizens, whether it's based on gender, race, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or any other reason. The citizens' right to exercise their political rights, whether through voting or standing for elections, shall be under free and fair procedures in periodic elections, and over reasonable time periods under laws guaranteeing the exercise of such rights effectively, and voters shall have the freedom to cast their ballots for their chosen candidates, and to have the freedom to express their views fully and independently without being subjected to violence, threat of violence, coercion, enticement or any attempts to interfere with or manipulate such independence in any way.  Regulating legislations of the electoral process may include reasonable restrictions designed to regulate the right to vote and the right to contest for elections or determining this right without compromising its essence. Among such regulating restrictions of this right is setting a minimum legal age to exercise the right to vote and the right to contest for elections, and in return, relevant international instruments consider that exercising this right by citizens based on such requirements as literacy, education level, affiliation or lack of affiliation to political parties or associations, deemed to be an unreasonable restraint which constitutes a violation of this right.  To achieve the effective exercise of the right to vote and the right to contest for elections, the Country should take effective measures to ensure the exercise of such right is achieved. Such measures include the electoral, including a record of names and data of eligible voters, as voter registration is an integral part of the 4