Last Minute Preparations ahead of Municipal Elections in North and Akkar
Fourty-eight hours before the polling stations open in the North and Akkar governorates, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq followed up on the administrative, security and logistical preparations to ensure a smooth municipal electoral process on Sunday, al-Joumhouria daily reported.
The total number of voters eligible to vote in the governorate of the North is 580,095, while 269,910 voters in the district of Akkar, said the daily.
The ministry voiced calls on the candidates running for the polls, to commit to the laws governing the election, and has asked the Internal Security Forces to exert strenuous measures in fighting any attempts of voter bribery.
Early on Saturday, the ballot boxes were distributed to heads of the polling stations.
Lebanon's last round of municipal and electoral battles will kick off Sunday, after three similar rounds concluded over the last three weeks in Beirut, Baalbek, Mount Lebanon, South and Nabatieh.
Source: Naharnet
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