The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has asked Political Parties to submit the names of aspirants, nomination dates and venues on or before Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Through a statement, the commission indicated that the parties should submit the membership list certificate by the Registrar Political Parties (ORPP).
“In the prescribed Form 11A of the schedule to the Elections (General) Regulations, 2012, and an electronic version (Microsoft Excel) at Anniversary Towers 21st floor between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 pm,” the IEBC says in a statement.
The IEBC has also reminded political parties that nominations must be completed and any intra-party issues must be resolved by Friday, April 22, 2022.
The parties must then submit the names of those who have been chosen to run in the General Election by Thursday, April 28, 2022.
According to the IEBC, any candidate nominated by a political party for any elected position would be rejected if the candidate is not qualified or eligible for election under the Constitution, the Elections Act of 2011, or any other written legislation.
“A Nomination Certificate issued to a candidate nominated to participate in the General Election shall be signed by the duly authorised party official(s).
The Commission shall reject a Nomination Certificate that is not duly signed and/or bears any alterations,” the Commission says.
At the same time, Presidential candidates for the August election have been asked to collect statutory forms from the IEBC offices on the 21st floor of Anniversary Towers in order to collect information on their supporters.
They include duly filled forms of Supporters bearing the names, signatures, identity cards/passport numbers of at least 2,000 voters registered in each of a majority of the counties, corresponding copies of the identification documents of the voters who have appended their signatures in support of their candidature, and an electronic list of supporters in a Microsoft Excel spread sheet format.
Independent Candidates intending to participate in the General Election must submit to the Commission a clearance certificate from the ORPP confirming that one is not a member of any registered political party on or before Monday 2nd May, 2022, at Anniversary Towers 21st floor between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.
They should also submit to the Commission symbols they intend to use in the election on or before Monday, May 2, 2022 in the prescribed Form 11N (Intention to contest as Independent Candidate) and Form 11P (Submission of particulars and symbol by Independent Candidates), and an electronic version of the symbol (JPEG- editable) at Anniversary Towers 21st floor between 8:00am and 5:00 pm.
“The Commission shall reject the candidature of any Independent Candidate for any elective post if the candidate is not qualified or eligible for election under the Constitution, the Elections Act 2011 or any other written law,” the Commission says.