October 10th, 2008 by Amanda

At the Daily Star Doreen Khoury talks about Lebanon’s electoral law passed last month. Although the bill includes needed reforms it still “forego[es] other crucial reforms such as establishing an independent electoral commission, using an officially printed ballot, and lowering the voting age to 18 years.” After Parliament’s two lackluster attempts to reign in reform in 2000 and 2005, the Civil Campaign for Electoral Reform (CCER) tried to once again push for measures which “represent[ed] a significant departure from previous electoral laws”. The new legislation will apply to the upcoming 2009 elections, in which according to Khoury, “civil society is preparing itself for the largest elections monitoring effort in Lebanese history”.

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