In the framework of Voter's Vote Project implemented by Maat Center for Judicial and Constitutional Studies and supported by (MEPI), the center ended the training course that was held to train (21 trainers) who are chosen to participate in preparing observation squads, which are prepared for the local elections in 8\4\2008.
Voter's Vote Project aimed at watching election committees in ninety-four election districts distributed in 21 governorates through 940 civil observers and 94 coordinators.
Maat Center for Judicial and Constitutional Studies implements this observation project in the framework of a philosophy adopted by the center to activate new forms of observation in order to enhance voter's situation. Thus, the center estimates the election process, and defines ways to develop it and to activate voter's participation in it by watching events and violations through voter's eyes and voice. The voter's voice which is trying to read objectively the real status in local elections and which support developing it and activating forms of its decentralize during the coming period. This comes because of the center's view to spread culture of participating, activate elections awareness, achieve fair representation for social marginal sectors, and assert value of the culture of variety and accepting the other.
Participants in the training course asserted the importance of observing local elections in Egypt, as observation represents public guarantee to assert election process's integrity or to expose its violations and trespasses. They also asserted its importance as in this round it is so close to lately constitutional amendments, which asserted the role of local councils' member in recommending and nominating president of the state, and in the framework of supporting the decentralized state especially as it is expected to pass new draft for local administration.
The course was ended after exhaustive discussion about the model of (voter's vote form) that will be applied in the Election Day to insure the form's ability to express the voter objectively and effectively.