ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML xmlns:asp><HEAD> <TITLE>Preparation finalizes to dispatch election materials to woredas in Somali State: NEBE </TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1" name=CODE_LANGUAGE> <META content=JavaScript name=vs_defaultClientScript> <META content=http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5 name=vs_targetSchema><LINK href="../../../../Style/ENA.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet ><LINK href="../../../../../vg.css" type=text/css rel=STYLESHEET ></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"> <P> &nbsp;</P> <TABLE id=Table1 style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 8px; WIDTH: 984px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 8px; HEIGHT: 24px" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=984 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 976px" vAlign=middle align=center> <P style="text-align: left"> <img src="../../../../Images/Logo.gif" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG src="../../../../Images/ENALogo.gif" ></P></TD> <TD vAlign=middle align=center> <P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 976px" vAlign="middle" align="center" bgColor="#cc3399" colSpan="1" rowSpan="1"></TD> <TD vAlign="middle" align="center"></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <br /> <br /> <table> <tr> <td style="width: 622px" valign="top"> <TABLE id=Table2 style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 11px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; TOP: 97px;" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; BORDER-BOTTOM: darkgray 1px solid; width: 588px; height: 1px;" vAlign=bottom align=center bgColor=white> <SPAN id=lblHeading style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: larger; WIDTH: 580px; COLOR: royalblue; FONT-FAMILY: Visual Geez Unicode; HEIGHT: 24px; line-height: normal;" >Preparation finalizes to dispatch election materials to woredas in Somali State: NEBE </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR style="PADDING-RIGHT: 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 12px; LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; MARGIN-LEFT: 6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; PADDING-TOP: 12px"> <TD style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Visual Geez Unicode; HEIGHT: 17px; width: 588px; background-color: ghostwhite;" vAlign=top align=left bgColor=#f8f8ff> <span style="font-size: 10pt">jijiga, March 13, 2010 (jijiga) - The Somali State Branch Office of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said preparation has been finalized to dispatch election materials to woredas for the upcoming general election in the state. <p><p>Office head Mohammed Habib told ENA that 2.5 million electorate is expected to take voters ID cards.<p><p>He said registration of voters would be carried out from March 19 to April 8 , 2010.<p><p>Mohammed said the office has launched activities to establish polling stations in woredas of the state.<p><p>The head said training is being offered to election executives on election code of conduct and related issues.<p><p>He called up on electorates and party candidates as well as private candidates to take its voters ID cards and to be registered as per the schedule respectively.<p><p><p><p><p>---END---<p></span></TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </td> <td style="width: 657px; font-size: 12pt;" valign="top"> <table> <tr> <td style="width: 366px"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 366px; background-color: cornflowerblue; text-align: center; height: 4px;"> <strong><span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Trebuchet MS">Headlines</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: smaller; width: 366px; font-family: 'Visual Geez Unicode'"> <img src="../../../../Images/grn_arrow.gif"" /><a href="108320.htm">Candidates, representatives of political parties confirm voters', candidates registration peaceful, democratic</a><br /> <img src="../../../../Images/grn_arrow.gif"" /><a href="108321.htm">Preparation finalizes to dispatch election materials to woredas in Somali State: NEBE </a><br /> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: whitesmoke; text-align: center;" colspan="2"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #006699; font-family: Trebuchet MS"><strong>(c) The Ethiopian News Agency</strong></span></td> </tr> </table> </BODY></HTML>