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APPENDIX C

Elections Timeline


February 1996
1Provisional Election Commission Appointed
22Electoral Framework Outlined

April 1996

22Rules and Regulations Completed
Voter Registration
Political Parties and Independent Candidates' Registration
Electoral Code of Conduct
Government Obligations related to the Media
Media Experts' Commission
Standards of Conduct for the Media and Journalists

May 1996

7Thirty Core Trainers Hired
10 Rules and Regulations Completed
Candidate rules
Qualification of Election Commission members
Election Appeals Subcommission
Criteria for Polling Stations
Political Party Registration Begins
19 PVL and Registration forms printed
21 TFE First Elections Working Group meeting
23 Rules and Regulations for International Election Observers Published
28 Voting Rules published

June 1996

3 LEC training complete
8 Voter registration begins
Members of LECs appointed
Opstina boundaries resolved
14 Political Party and Independent Candidate registration ends
20 Polling stations identified
Refugee registration centers established
Appeals period for party registration ends
Refugee registration begins
26 Ballots submitted to printer
27 Political parties submit Candidates Lists

July 1996

14Two-month election campaign begins
19 Voter registration ends
24 Refugee registration ends
26 Appeal period for voter registration ends
31 Appeal period for refugee registration ends

August 1996

1 TFE publishes election FRAGO No. 1
7 Ballot Printing Completed
Ballot counts by polling station finalized
Out-of-Country (Refugee) ballot counts finalized
15 TFE reconnaissance of polling stations completed
18 Absentee ballots shipped to host countries
19 TFE publishes election FRAGO No. 2
20 TFE Elections Seminar and OPORD brief
21TFE Brigade backbrief and Rock Drill
24 TFE Motorola Net monitoring begins
25 Out-of-Country (Refugee) voting begins
27 OSCE announces postponement of municipal elections
28 OSCE supervisors begin to arrive in TFE AOR
TFE begins training for OSCE supervisors
31 TFE publishes election FRAGO No. 3

September 1996

1 Out-of-Country (Refugee) voting ends
4 Neutral election materials transported by BELUGA Group to transload points
5 Neutral election materials transported by TFE assets to LECs
ARRC COMMEX
6 LEC members begin manning polling stations
LECs begin transporting neutral materials to polling stations
7 BELUGA Group transports ballots to TFE transload points
FWF training and movement restrictions begin
9 TFE begins full-time manning of LOs at OSCE offices
TFE COMMEX begins (ends 10 September 1996)
11 TFE assets transport ballots to LECs
LECs transport ballots to polling stations
12 Observers arrive in TFE AOR
13 Election Day for special police and FWF soldiers
Special vote ballots moved from polling stations to brigade transload points
Special vote ballots moved to Sarajevo by BELUGA Group
14 Election Day
In-Country absentee voting
LEC moves ballots to counting houses
15 Out-of-Country absentee ballots shipped to Sarajevo Sortation Center
16Observers depart TFE AOR
19 Results of national elections announced
OSCE supervisors depart TFE AOR
29 Election results certified

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