Elections: call prohibited

According to the National Elections Commission (CNE), all members of polling stations may not carry mobile phones or other material subject to distrust in the polling stations during the voting process in the next 15 October corrente.De according to general director Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration, Filisberto Naife, this decision is to ensure transparency in the voting and tabulation of the partial results process. Naife stressed that the only one who can carry the phone is the president of the polling station or his deputy to be able to communicate with STAE, but must be in the presence of more members. "The chairman of the polling station or the replacement table can only use the phone to communicate with the STAE in the presence of more members of the polling table," he said. Regarding preparations for the elections, Naife said 15 helicopters are now available for distribution of voting materials in areas of difficult access, as well as respond to any emergencies. In total there are 17,010 polling stations. To your knowledge, contrary to the mandates of the Assembly, which are fixed (250), the terms for provincial assemblies are determined by intervals of registered voters in each province according to the following table.

Province		Voters		Legal Law	Mandates
Códe	Name	Published	Final
01	Niassa	602.921	615.065	600.000 < x < 700.000	80	80
02	C.Delgado	939.622	964.071	x ˃ 700.000	82	82
03	Nampula	2.090.023	2.079.129	x ˃700.000	93	93
04	Zambézia	1.871.146	1.948.859	x ˃ 700.000	91	92
05	Tete	940.758	971.644	x ˃ 700.000	82	82
06	Manica	705.129	712.938	X  ˃ 700.000	80	80
07	Sofala	925.903	926.746	x ˃ 700.000	82	82
08	Inhambane	597.910	598.276	500.000 < x < 600.000	70	70
09	Gaza	571.832	591.194	500.000 < x < 600.000	70	70
10	M.Província	746.458	757.594	X˃ 700.000	80	80
11	M. Cidade a)	705.543	708.812
	Total	10.697.245	10.874.328	___	810	811

a)Maputo City does not compete for the provincial assemblies