this law ( hereinafter "the Election Regulations"). The Election Law shall be adopted by the Palestinian Authority. The Election Law and the Election Regulations shall be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Annex, all persons voting or standing as candidates in the elections shall be uniformly subject to the provisions of the Election Law and the Election Regulations.

The Central Election Commission

3. The Palestinian Central Election Commission (hereinafter "the CEC"), which will be appointed by the Palestinian Authority, will be responsible for the administration of the elections. The CEC will be responsible for the preparation and conduct of the elections and shall have the powers and competences necessary to fulfill these functions, as defined in the Election Law. All matters related to the elections which are not subject to specific provision in this Agreement shall be subject to determination by the Palestinian Authority or the CEC in accordance with the Election Law, the Election Regulations and any relevant procedures set out in this Agreement.
   The CEC and its subordinate bodies shall be independent.
   
   
1. All of the offices of the CEC and of its subordinate bodies, including the offices of the District Election Commissions ( hereinafter " the DECs " ) and the District Election Offices ( hereinafter " the DEOs " ), shall be situated in constituencies set out in the Palestinian Election Law in areas under the jurisdiction of the Council.
   
   
2. All aspects of the electoral administration ( such as publication of lists of electors or candidates, and other information concerning the conduct of the elections, appeals, counting votes, and publication of results ) shall take place only in the offices of the relevant DEO.
   
   

ARTICLE II

Right to Vote and the Electoral Register

1. Right to Vote

1. The right to vote will be universal, regardless of sex, race, religion, opinion, social origin, education, or property status. Every Palestinian who meets the qualification to vote shall have the right to be registered to vote.
   
   
2. Only a person whose name appears on the Electoral Register, as defined in paragraph 2 below, and who is 18 years old or older on the day of the elections, will have the right to vote.
   
   
3. No person may be registered as an elector in more than one polling district, as defined in paragraph 2 below.
   
   
4. The qualification to vote will be the same for the election for the Ra'ees of the Executive Authority of the Council and the election for the Council.
   
   
5. Israeli citizens shall not be entered on the Electoral Register.
   
   
6. To be qualified to be entered on the Electoral Register, a person must:

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