News: Ahead of polls, Electoral Board admits lower level gov’t officials interference in polling station, calls for restraint
By Bileh Jelan
Addis Abeba, May, 22/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) issued a statement, where it announced measures taken to limit interference of government officials in the voter registrations process as well as to ensure the transparency of the process by making records available to the public.
The statement read discussing the interference of what it called low government officials, “The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has been conducting activities of the 6th General Election, completed voter registration, and made voter registration records open to the public. Although the voter registration process has almost been completed successfully, the Board has been notifying concerned parties in various ways about the interference of low-level government officials (especially woreda, kebele, etc.).” The statement c