Mawlawi announces new voting locations for polls May 8 and 15

BEIRUT — Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi published two separate decisions Friday, in which he changed the addresses of polling stations for the legislative elections: three French municipalities, for Sunday's emigrant elections and one in Sur, South Lebanon, for May 15.

Here’s what we know:

  • The legislative elections kicked off on Friday in Iran and nine Arab countries.

  • According to the document published by the minister, the addresses of the polling stations have been changed in Versailles, Orleans and Noisy-le-Grand.

  • The new address in Versailles is Marie Fleury School, 5 Rue Solferino. In Orléans it is Salle Gauguin, 36 bis Avenue de Saint Mesmin. As for Noisy-le-Grand, the new address is House of Law, 111 piazza Mont d'Est.

  • In Sur, the polling station at the Serail was moved to the city's official school for boys, according to the second decision published by the interior minister.