NEA refutes electronic voting rumors

CAIRO - 20 April 2019: Egypt's Ministry of Manpower and Immigration refuted rumors say that Egyptian expats can use electronic vote on constitutional amendments, asserting the regulations set by the National Election Authority (NEA) for the Egyptians living abroad.

الهيئة الوطنية للانتخابات تنفي إشاعات التصويت الإليكتروني وتؤكد ضوابط تصويت المصريين بالخارج pic.twitter.com/ZSEvmScJ1g

— وزارة الهجرة المصرية (@MOEMIGEGY) April 20, 2019

NEA has previously stated that 61,344,503 citizens have the right to vote through 13,919 polling subcommittees, over 1500 judges would supervise the process during the three voting-days. polling stations in Egypt and abroad open their doors at 9:00 am till 9:00 pm.

The Egyptian parliament spent two months discussing the constitutional amendments before finally approving last week on the proposal made by the parliament's legislative committee.