Elections

__ Elections﻿ __ The President of the Council of State is Head of State and Head of Government. Therefore, the Head of the Cuban government has to undergo two electoral processes: first, they have to be elected as parliament member by the population, and later by the rest of the members of the Parliament. The last election was held February 24, 2008. Some characteristics of their voting system are:
 * elections are every 5 years
 * voting is free
 * all citizens over 16 are allowed to vote
 * there are no electoral campaigns
 * ballot boxes are gaurded by youth from the Pioneers organization
 * the ballots are counted publicly, in front of the press and anyone who wants to be there
 * a candidate is not elect if they did not get more than 50% of the votes
 * anybody can be nominated
 * any person in power can be impeached at any time



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