CALENDAR FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS/LOWER CHAMBER (2008)

No.	ACTIVITIES		DUE DATE
1	Approbation of provisional calendar for elections		August 2007
2	Define, approve and seek the budget		March 2007- August 2008
3	Elaboration and approval of instructions regarding elections		March - September 2008
4	Preparation of voters’ list		July 2007 - August 2008
5	Distribution of voter cards		July - August 2008
6	Hiring and Training of electoral agents at Provincial, Kigali Ville and District levels		March - May 2008
7	Elaboration and voters’civic education training on electoral process		January - September 2008
8	Define and prepare sites and polling stations		August - September 2008
9	Looking for electoral materials		May - August 2008
10	Organizing consultative meetings with electoral stakeholders		January - September 2008
11	Accreditation of electoral observers		July - August 2008
12	Registration, Examination and approval of candidates list allowed to campaign	12.1 Reception of candidacies	12 - 21/08/2008
		12.2 Examination of candidacies	22/08/2008
		12.3 Publication of final list of candidates	24//08/2008
13	Electoral campaigns		25/08 - 13/09/2008
14	Legislative elections		15/09/2008
15	Elections of women representatives in parliament at provincial and Kigali City levels		16/09/2008
16	Elections of youth representatives in parliament		17/09/2008
17	Elections of a disabled representative in parliament		18/09/2008
18	Publication of provisional results of elections		22/09/2008
19	PUBLICATION OF FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTIONS		25/09/2008