At a press conference organised by the groups in Warri on Sunday to assess the outcome of the exercise, the accredited civil society stressed that there was no transparent distribution of
electoral materials in the polling units visited by members of the observer groups.
Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute
electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.
Not exact matches
Ibrahim Idris, IGP The IGP who spoke at a dialogue session he had with a coalition of Civil Society Organization, CSOs, under the aegis of Situation Room, said he has put necessary manpower and logistics
in place to secure electorates,
electoral officials, observers and election
materials that will be used for the Anambra poll.
Unfortunately, the Guide dates back to the first wave of
electoral reform
in the UK
in 1999, but the Democratic Audit website also includes lots of useful
material on recent voting system debates and controversies.
She said
electoral officers would distribute the
materials to the Presiding Officers
in the various councils who would deploy them to the various polling units.
To keep a close liaison and coordination with state security elements for the activities — the use of armed escort as much as possible and maintaining strong security training and awareness for the personnel; careful selection of all election related sites and the maintenance of security for polling staff,
electoral materials and equipment and situational awareness through a well - developed public information strategy to support election operation and ensure timely distribution of security information / advisories; identify hotspots (fragile security locations)
in coordination with the Security Agencies and the most likely threats
in each constituency and provide a clear order of priority for concerted efforts to be made to mitigate and manage these concerns and to allow resources to be targeted for maximum effect.
• The NPP has recruited «machomen» who will engage
in the destruction and burning of
electoral materials, EC equipment as well as snatching of ballot boxes
in the NDC strongholds.
He, however, pledged that INEC would work with security agencies to uncover and punish people who disrupted the distribution of election
materials and
electoral processes
in the Rivers rerun elections.
While Cuomo said after his speech that such groups would be included
in what he was proposing,
materials provided by the administration appear to show the governor's legislation will only focus on independent expenditure groups that operate during
electoral campaigns.
Prof Yakubu also canvassed for the Bank's continued support
in the effective management of
electoral logistics involving transportation and storage of sensitive election
materials.
In addition to election observation, the European Commission is engaged in election assistance, which provides technical or material support to electoral processe
In addition to election observation, the European Commission is engaged
in election assistance, which provides technical or material support to electoral processe
in election assistance, which provides technical or
material support to
electoral processes.
And ensuring qualifications isn't exactly rocket science: one coroner candidate says «I am more qualified because I finished forensics college degree from UPenn»
in electoral materials, another says «I'm more qualified because I like cats».
Our correspondents who went round some polling units
in Adikpo, Kwande and other local governments, found voters loitering around the polling units while waiting for
electoral officers and
materials as at 1.50 pm.
From the provision of basic security to voters at political party rallies and campaigns, to ensuring that result forms are protected, the whole
electoral process is defined by security considerations, especially
in view of the number of election personnel involved, election
materials that need to be moved, difficulty of the terrain to be traversed as well as the polling locations that need to be protected.
It specifically congratulated the NEC leadership and officials for the «professionalism demonstrated throughout the
electoral process,» and also lauded the UN Mission
in Liberia (UNMIL) for its support to NEC, particularly with the airlift of
electoral material to Counties that are inaccessible by road.
Onjeh was subsequently granted permission by the court to inspect the
electoral materials and amazingly,
in the course of the inspection, it was detected that the number of votes announced
in favour of Mark was more than accredited voters.
The commission said Conservative party political advisers had played key roles
in determining the Tory candidate's campaign messages and
in drafting campaign
material «promoting Mr Mackinlay's
electoral success».
One of the important areas of preparation is keeping all our stores
in good shape for
electoral materials that may soon be coming
in.
He expressed the hope that Liberia's stakeholders would take another look at the
electoral timetable for easy delivery of
materials and reduction of the cost of election
in the country.
We also have evidence that
electoral materials were sighted
in hotel rooms
in the Funtua Giwa and Birnin - Gwari local government areas.
Ikpamezie Innocent «39 Yrs» from Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State who admitted to be the Special Adviser on
Electoral matters to Senator Hope Uzodimma representing Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State currently
in the Senate confessed that all the
electoral materials were given to them by Dr. Iyke Njoku, Zonal coordinator, Owerri Municipality to Senator Hope Uzodimma representing Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State
in the Senate.
The report was that the
electoral body had been on top of some minor hitches
in the distribution of
materials in some isolated polling units, about two or three and the issue had been resolved and the process was progressing smoothly.»
He has recently advised on an allegation of misleading statements
in electoral material, the practical application of the Purdah convention, and advising a Monitoring Officer as to the appropriate approach where the propriety of the notice of a meeting was contested, and that meeting changed the balance of the Council.
(2) The returning officer shall transmit all election
material to the Chief
Electoral Officer
in boxes or packages marked «Used» or «Unused» and secured and sealed with the prescribed seals and the returning officer shall endorse on each box or package of used
material a description of the contents, the date of the election and the name of the
electoral district to which they relate.