AMMAN (Petra) - Officials will thoroughly check voters’ identification cards on election day, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Nayef Qadi said on Saturday.
Concerned officials will check each voter’s national number and photo ID to ensure they match polling stations’ databases, explained Qadi, who is also head of the Elections’ Higher Committee.
“If a citizen attempts to vote for a second time, his identification card will be confiscated and he will be referred to the law,” he added.
The government will impose strict penalties on anyone who violates the Elections Law, Qadi said in comments to the press on Friday.
Penalties will be imposed on anyone found carrying firearms or sharp objects at polling stations, he added.
Meanwhile, Minister of Political Development Musa Maaytah visited the elections media center on Saturday.
The elections media committee has completed technical preparations at the center, established at the Royal Cultural Center, which is designed to ensure smooth coverage of the elections on November 9, Elections Media Spokesperson Samih Maaytah said on Saturday.
The center has been equipped with 30 computers with Internet access, printers and fax machines, he said.
Television broadcast studios have also been established at the center, Maaytah added.
On Friday, Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Ali Ayed urged media outlets not to run any advertisements for candidates on election day.
In a circular directed to the Press and Publications Department, Audio-visual Commission and the Jordan Press Association, the minister reiterated that the election advertising period ends on November 8, in accordance with the Elections Law.
7 November 2010
Source: The Jordan Times.
Link: http://jordantimes.com/?news=31618.
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