Title: Start of the Syrian People's Assembly Elections

The ballot boxes have opened for Syrian voters at all polling stations across the provinces to elect members of the People's Assembly for the fourth legislative term. The Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections announced, "The voting process for the elections of People's Assembly members for the fourth legislative term has begun with the opening of ballot boxes at polling stations, where the number of candidates for the elections is 1,516, and 8,151 polling stations have been designated." Polling stations will continue to receive voters from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and the General Election Law No. 5 of 2014 permits the Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections to extend the voting period by up to five hours at all or some of the polling stations.