high electoral committee, shura council Head of the High Electoral Committee (HEC) Abdel Moaez Ibrahim stated the deadline is at midnight of November 19 for the registration of Egyptian abroad to vote during the upcoming people and Shura's Councils' elections, as was scheduled before. Member of updating database committee Tarek Saad said the committee decided to close registration at midnight instead of 8:00 P.M. to allow the largest possible number to register. Tarek said the number of Egyptians abroad registered to vote during the upcoming parliamentary elections reached 319,000.