Electoral commission says preparations for Libya’s first multi-party vote in more than 50 years have run over schedule Libya’s first election in more than half a century will take place 18 days later than planned because of logistical challenges, the electoral commission has said . The election will now take place on 7 July. Nuri al-Abbar, head of the electoral commission, said crucial preparations for the election – including voter registration and vetting candidates to make sure they had no links to Muammar Gaddafi – had run over schedule, making it impossible to hold the vote on the original date of 19 June. “We never planned on postponing the election, we worked hard for the election to be on time,” Abbar said.

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