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NEC’s voter list decision upheld
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) has upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) in relation to complaints about names deleted from the voter registration list, filed by the League for Democracy Party (LDP). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/necs-voter-list-decision-upheld
NEC allows NGO to audit 2020 voter list
The National Election Committee (NEC) has decided to allow the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) to continue auditing the 2020 voter list to help improve its quality and accuracy. The results of this process will be posted on December 31. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-allows-ngo-audit-2020-voter-list
NEC to test online election system next year
Cambodia will test run an online election process early next year to evaluate the effectiveness of such a system for the Kingdom. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50790003/nec-to-test-online-election-system-next-year/
NEC bans voter registration interference
The National Election Committee (NEC) issued a statement on Saturday warning of punishment against those who express offensive comments which affect voter registration. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50769632/nec-bans-voter-registration-interference/
Group calls for oversees voting
The National Election Committee (NEC) met with the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) to discuss the audit of the 2019 voter list. While Comfrel presented evidence of name repetition on the voter list, it confirmed the list was almost 100 per ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-calls-oversees-voting
NEC seeks Japan’s help on election education
The National Election Committee has requested the Japanese government to send experts to teach Cambodian officials on ways to educate the public on the importance of participating in democratic elections both at the national and subnational levels. Sik Bun Hok, NEC president, made the request to ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50648902/nec-seeks-japans-help-on-election-education/
New appointments at the NEC following shake-up
National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Sik Bun Hok instructed his officials to uphold the law following a shake-up of department leaders and secretariat heads within the electoral body on Wednesday. Bun Hok said at the ceremony in which the newly appointed department directors and secretariat ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-appointments-nec-following-shake
Landslide for CPP in polls
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won 4,034 of 4,114 seats in this year’s third mandate municipal, provincial, town and district council elections, while the other six parties received limited support. The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday released the formal results of the elections, showing ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/landslide-cpp-polls
NEC: CPP expected to win polls
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) received a landslide victory in elections to elect capital, provincial, town and district councillors on Sunday, National Election Commission (NEC) secretary-general Tep Nytha said. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-cpp-expected-win-polls
More than a dozen institutions set to observe upcoming elections
The National Election Committee yesterday said 19 national institutions will participate in monitoring Sunday’s municipal, provincial and district council elections. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said all-in-all, the 19 institutions consist of 1,010 observers from groups such as the Union of Youth Federations in Cambodia and ...
https://bit.ly/2VUa5Eu
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50606921/more-than-a-dozen-institutions-set-to-observe-upcoming-elections/
Three parties to kick off campaigns this weekend
The National Election Committee yesterday said that three out of seven political parties registered for the sub-national elections will kick off their campaigns on the main streets in Phnom Penh over the weekend. In a statement, the NEC noted that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50604684/three-parties-to-kick-off-campaigns-this-weekend/
NEC: Seven parties registered for council elections
Seven parties have registered to take part in the 3rd Mandate Council Elections after the March 7-11 registration period concluded on Monday, the NEC has announced. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea told The Post on Monday that the seven parties registered to participate are the ruling ...
NEC to start party, candidate registrations for elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) is to start accepting regist-rations for political parties and candidates from March 7-11 in preparation for the upcoming municipal, provincial, town, district and commune council elections on Sunday, May 26. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea told The Post on Wednesday that ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-start-party-candidate-registrations-elections
CPP members urged to prepare for election
With a sub-national election approaching, the ruling CPP has called on its members to work hand-in-hand to promote its platforms. In a letter dated Friday and released to the public yesterday, CPP vice president and Senate president Say Chhum asked the party committee to have ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50583503/cpp-members-urged-to-prepare-for-election/
NEC releases council candidates
The National Election Committee (NEC) issued a press release on Wednesday on the candidates who are to take part in the third-mandate council elections in May. It showed there are a total of 559 candidates for capital and provincial councils and 3,555 for district councils. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-releases-council-candidates
Number of municipal and provincial council members up in 3rd mandate
The number of district, town, provincial and municipal council members will increase to 819 when elections are called for their third mandate on May 26, said a sub-decree issued on January 25 and received by The Post on Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-municipal-and-provincial-council-members-3rd-mandate
Thousands must still register to vote: NEC
The National Election Committee yesterday said that more than 8.5 million people have been officially registered on the 2018 voter list. According to an NEC press release, there were 195,385 new voters registered in 2018, while 56,941 people were removed from the voter list. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564716/thousands-must-still-register-to-vote-nec/
NEC begins updating voter list
The National Election Committee yesterday commenced the 18-day voter registration period to update the country’s voter list. Nuth Sokhom, an NEC official, said during a meeting at the NEC headquarters that the election body will carry out its voter registration from October 1 to 18 ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538474/nec-begins-updating-voter-list/
NEC set to update new voter registration list
The National Election Committee (NEC) is to update its new voter registration list and include more than 40,0000 new voters. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-set-update-new-voter-registration-list
MPs resign to retain posts
Newly-elected CPP lawmakers, who held positions in the government, officially resigned yesterday from the National Assembly in order to keep their government posts. In a five-page document submitted by the CPP to the National Election Committee yesterday, 38 lawmakers with senior minister, minister and secretary ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50532395/mps-resign-to-retain-posts/