The trial exercise of council elections in Qazvin has started

The Secretary of the Election Headquarters of Qazvin province announced the beginning of the experimental maneuvers for the elections of the 7th term of the Islamic city and village councils in the provinces and said: despite the provision of executive preparations, the time of holding the elections, which has been proposed as the first half of November, is not yet certain.

According to Ambassador Arjan from Qazvin; "Mohammed Nasiri", the Secretary of the Election Headquarters of Qazvin province, referring to the resumption of the implementation preparations for the seventh period of the Islamic city and village council elections, stated: After the suspension of the election process from March 11, the implementation measures were resumed from October, and the training of the leaders, the delivery of election items and the holding of election maneuvers were on the agenda.

Regarding the time of the elections, he said: According to the announcement of the Ministry of Interior, the first half of November has been proposed as the time frame, but the final date is not yet known, and the time of the elections will be announced after the announcement of certainty by the Supreme National Security Council.

Emphasizing the necessity of maintaining public preparation for the elections, Nasiri added: Although the implementation process of the elections has begun, the date of its holding has not yet been announced. Therefore, it is necessary for the media, parties, political groups and different strata of people to be ready from now on to increase public awareness and strengthen electoral participation.

The secretary of the election headquarters of Qazvin province, referring to the all-electronic nature of the upcoming elections, considered training as one of the main requirements for holding it and said: three groups, including the members of the election headquarters, the leaders and the people, need training, and in this period, the education of citizens has been given special attention.

He continued: "Necessary trainings have been conducted for the members of the headquarters and the heads of groups, and from today, the first stage of training programs and trial exercises for different sections of the people and election branches has started in the place of Friday prayers in the cities of the province." In these programs, electronic funds have also been deployed.

Nasiri stated that the purpose of conducting these maneuvers is to test the functionality of electronic funds and identify possible technical defects before holding the main elections.

He also explained about the status of candidates' eligibility check: When the election process was stopped, the check of qualifications, the handling of complaints and the announcement of the results of these procedures had been completed, and the advertisements of council candidates, the holding of elections, the collection of votes, the counting of votes and the announcement of the results remained.

The Secretary of Election Headquarters of Qazvin province emphasized: So far, no new changes or orders have been announced regarding re-examination of candidates' qualification, disqualification or change of results, and the legal process is still valid.