President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesday, ratified the Fifth Amendment to the Local Council Elections Act (Act no. 10/2010).
The amendment, which concerns Article18 of the Act, states that votes cast for more candidates than the allocated number to be elected for that elective area in the Local council Election, would be considered invalid.
The above is in addition to votes deemed invalid under Section 56 of the General Act on Elections.
Parliament passed the amendment bill at the 17th sitting of its first session held on Tuesday, 10th March 2020.
Upon ratification, the Act has been published on the Government’s Gazette.
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