A WEB

A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024

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Questionnaire

(1)Member EMB Information

1. Country where your organization is located:  Ethiopia

2. Name of your organization: National Election Board of Ethiopia

3. Date of your organization’s establishment:

4. Type of organization: Constitutionally independent organization

5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): One Chairperson and five Board members

6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□ Elected □ Appointed

7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):

□ Until retirement age

□ Permanent with no limit

□ Fixed term (years) :  5 years

- Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

8. Total number of staff (based on full-time employees at all levels of organization): 230

9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):

□ Election management

□ Voter registration

□ Delimitation of electoral districts

□ Management of political party affairs

□ Management of political funds affairs

□ Enactment and amendment of the Election Law

□ Voter education

□ Mediation of electoral disputes

□ Investigation and enforcement against election law violations

(2)World Election Database

Ⅰ. National System

1. Form of Government:

□ Presidential system

□ Parliamentary system

□ Semi-presidential system 

□ Other (please specify):

2. Term of the President (if applicable): there are no term limits

    2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

3. National Assembly:

□ Unicameral

□ Bicameral

4. If Unicameral:

    4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: (    ) years

    4-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □ Yes □ No

    4-3. Number of seats in the Parliament: (  )

5. If Bicameral:

     5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: ( 5 ) years

     5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House: (  )

     5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: (    ) years

     5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House: ( )

Ⅱ. General Electoral System

6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect

     6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential Election: □ Yes □ No 

7. Parliamentary Election:

      7-1. Upper House:

      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%) 

      7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian _______%, Proportional _______%)

Ⅲ. Recent Election Status

8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)

     8-1. Type of election:

   □ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum 

□Others (please specify):

      8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 2024

*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on the most recent election you mentioned above:

9. Number of polling stations:

    □ Domestic ___184,772____ □ Overseas ____0____

10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _8am to 5pm

11. Number of registered voters: __57,766,800  

12. Voter turnout (%):   78%    

13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?

      □ Yes □No □Other: ________________________

Ⅳ.Electoral System: Voting and Counting Procedures

14. Voting age: _______18________

15. Age of candidacy:

     15-1. President: ___21____

     15-2. Member of Parliament:  21

16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No

17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:

      □ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □ Other (please specify):

18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No

19. Please check all special voting methods available:

      □ Advance voting (early in-person voting)

      □ Postal voting
      □ Mobile booth voting
      □ Proxy voting
      □ Voting assistance for individuals with neurodevelopmental or  physical disabilities or senior citizens
      □ Other (please specify):

20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot counting:

      □ Civil Servants □ Civilians

21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to verify voters on election day?

      □Yes □ No □ Other: ________________________

22. How is voting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it in the ballot box)

      □ Electronic- optical scanner

      □ Electronic- touch screen voting

      □ Electronic- internet voting

      □ Other: ________________________

23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual □ Electronic □ Other

24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ At each polling station □ At a central counting center

25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all that apply):

      □ Immediately after voting ends □The following day □ Other:

26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results?

27. Is there a unified voter registry?

      □ Centralized national registry □Multiple regional registries

28. How often is the voter registry updated?

       □Monthly □Annually □Only before elections □ Other (please specify):

29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?

       □Yes □ No

Ⅴ. Political Funds

30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially covers the election campaign costs 

      for candidates?    

      □ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No

31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate from campaign costs) for the           

      operation of political parties or elections?   

       □ Yes □ No

32. Is there a limit on election expenses?

     □ Yes □ No

33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?

     □ Yes □ No 

 ________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________​

○ Presidential Election  ​  

 - Seat: 1

 - Term of office: 5 years

○​ Parliamentary Elections​

 · Council of People’s Representatives

 - Seats: 550

 - Term of office: 5 years 

 · Council of the Federation 

 - Seats: 117

 - Term of office: 5 years

 · Local government

 - Term of office: 5 years

○​ Election system ​

 · Number of polling stations: 50,000

 · Opening and closing time of polling stations

  -  6 am and 6 pm respectively​​

 · Number of registered voters: 36,851,461 (2015 election)

 · Voter turnout: 70.09% (2015 parliamentary elections)

 · Voting age: 18 

 · Election system: First-Past-the-Post

 · Voting process: Verify Voter Card -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots ​

 · Counting process: Take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.​

 · Time to take to announce voting results in the country​: Around 1 month