The governmental committee supervising elections had to provide free transportation service for those who would like to head to voting centers to vote amid wide elections boycott.

Head of the Public Prosecution and head of the electoral crimes investigation committee Mhana Al-Shayji said that the Public Prosecution received a complaint from one of the candidates against another one in the same directorate for publishing a footage on his account on social media outlets that included insults against the plaintiff candidate.

The Public Prosecution referred on Wednesday (November 21, 2018) Al-Wefaq former MP Ali Al-Asheeri to trial over charge of “misusing mobile phone” on background of a tweet in which he announced boycotting elections.

Some candidates running in the 2018 Parliamentary elections remind us of the amusing contestants who join the Arab Idol contest.

The Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced a citizen to one month in jail over vandalizing an election billboard of a candidate. The court replaced the sentence with binding the suspect to not approach any of the candidates' billboards and fined him 200 BD for the charge attributed to him. It also bind him to pay 236 BD, value of the damaged billboard, for the candidate.

Bahrain detained and charged five people Wednesday for "obstructing the electoral process", the public prosecution said, ahead of parliamentary polls set for the end of the week.

The Elections Executive Committee announced that voters can cast their ballots on Saturday (November 24), either in the polling stations in their respective constituencies or in the general electoral centers.

The polls for the parliamentary elections organized by the Bahraini authorities in 29 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions have closed in a number of countries around the world, according to the Ministry of Justice.

The Bahraini Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Chairman of the Higher Committee for Elections, Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, said that the number of voters in the polling stations outside Bahrain reached more than three thousand and 334 until 9 pm on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

The upcoming parliamentary elections in Bahrain, scheduled for November 24, 2018, are occurring in a repressive political environment that is not conducive to free elections, Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

The Executive Committee of the 2018 elections clarified that the elections abroad took place in 29 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Bahrain abroad on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

The Prosecution also ordered the detention of all the accused in these two cases in preparation for their referral to the competent court.

The Directorate of Jaafari Endowments (Waqf) called on Bahraini citizens to actively participate in the upcoming municipal and parliamentary elections.

Bahraini Justice Minister Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa issued a edict on the Bahrainis' vote abroad, stating that ballot boxes are to open to residents abroad on November 20, 2018.

The Bahrain Press Association called for the immediate release of former MP Ali Al-Asheeri, stressing that his arrest was "due to expressing his opinion on a general matter."

The Sunni Endowments (Waqf) Directorate called on all citizens to participate in the parliamentary and municipal elections, saying that participation in the elections accomplishes the [country's] interest in the short and long run.

Executive Director of Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission and Elections 2018 Nawaf Abdulla Hamza said door of withdrawing nominations closed on Wednesday.

Chief Prosecutor and Head of the Public Prosecution-formed Election Crime Investigation Committee, Muhanna Al Shayji, said that the committee received a notice stating that vandals targeting billboards of a candidate running in parliamentary elections were arrested.

Congressmen James P. McGovern and Randy Hultgren, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a letter last week asking the King of Bahrain to take all necessary steps to ensure that the upcoming elections for the Council of Representatives of Bahrain’s National Assembly meet international standards for free and fair elections.

Head of the Legislative and Fatwa Authority, the executive director of the 2018 elections, Nawaf Abdullah Hamza, announced that the final tables for the candidates of the parliamentary and municipal elections will be announced on Sunday.