Identifier
Created
Classification
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05KUWAIT5183
2005-12-18 11:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL

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DE RUEHKU #5183 3521150
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 181150Z DEC 05
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2231
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1122
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0938
UNCLAS KUWAIT 005183 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL
ELIGIBLE FEMALE VOTERS BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 2006

UNCLAS KUWAIT 005183

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL
ELIGIBLE FEMALE VOTERS BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 2006


1. Following the May 16 decision to grant women full
political rights, the National Assembly on December 13
approved a temporary amendment to the 1962 election law to
facilitate the first-time registration of female voters in
Kuwait. The amendment requires, for this registration period
only, the Public Authority for Civil Information to provide
the Ministry of Interior (MOI) with a list of all eligible
female voters (approximately 200,000),using their civil
identification numbers, by the end of February 2006. The
women on this list will be automatically registered to vote
after the MOI verifies citizenship and address information.
The Amir must still approve the amendment before it takes
effect.


2. The temporary amendment does not affect male voters who
must register to vote in February in person at a registration
center, providing copies of both their Kuwaiti nationality
papers and their civil identification cards. Male and female
voters wanting to change/update their voter registration
information can do so through personal appearance from
February 1 to March 20. Complaints about and objections to
the registration list will be settled by the MOI from March
20 to June 30; a final copy of the voter list will be
published in the official gazette in early July.

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