PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND POST-ELECTION REPORT 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections 27TH NOVEMBER 2019 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND POST-ELECTION REPORT 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections 27TH NOVEMBER 2019 2019 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................1 Preface ..........................................................................................................................................................2 Performance Assessment and Post-Election Report ................................................................................5 Chapter One: Pre-Election Phase ..............................................................................................................6 Part A: Legal Framework .......................................................................................................................6 1. Legislative Framework .....................................................................................................................6 1.1 Constitutional Provisions ..............................................................................................................6 1.2 Electoral Framework ....................................................................................................................7 2. Electoral Systems & Boundaries .....................................................................................................7 2.1 Electoral Systems .........................................................................................................................7 2.2 Clarification of Boundaries ...........................................................................................................7 Part B: Budgeting, Procurement and Human Resource ......................................................................8 3. Budgeting ...........................................................................................................................................8 3.1 Procurement ...................................................................................................................................8 3.2 Human Resources and Training .....................................................................................................9 3.3 Recruitment ...................................................................................................................................9 3.4 Training ..........................................................................................................................................9 3.5 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................10 3.6 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................10 4. Voter and Civic Education .............................................................................................................11 4.1 Design and production of voter education materials ..................................................................11 4.2 Conduct of voter education and EVMs demonstrations .............................................................11 5. Supplementary Registration of Voters ..........................................................................................12 5.1 Statistical Representation ...........................................................................................................13 5.2 Issue of duplicate voter registration cards in the regions ...........................................................19 6. Accreditation of Observers and Media .........................................................................................21 6.1 Accreditation of Observers .........................................................................................................21 6.1.1 Observer Reports, Findings and Recommendations .............................................................23 6.1.1.1 Legal Framework ..........................................................................................................23 6.1.1.2 Political Party Funding .................................................................................................23 6.1.1.3 EVMs ............................................................................................................................23 6.1.1.4 Voter Education.............................................................................................................24 6.1.1.5 Stakeholder Engagement ..............................................................................................25 6.1.1.6 Voter Registration .........................................................................................................25 6.1.1.7 Nomination ...................................................................................................................25 6.1.1.8 Voting and announcement of Results............................................................................25 6.2 Media Accreditation ...................................................................................................................26 2019 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS REPORT i 7. Electoral Campaigns ......................................................................................................................26 8. Logistics ...........................................................................................................................................27 8.1 Election Materials and Distribution ............................................................................................27 8.2 Challenges ..................................................................................................................................27 9. Transport .........................................................................................................................................27 9.1 Registration Period .....................................................................................................................28 9.2 Polling Period .............................................................................................................................28 10. Printing of Ballot Papers ..............................................................................................................29 11. First Level Checking and Preparations of EVMs ......................................................................30 12. Nominations ..................................................................................................................................30 12.1 Challenges .................................................................................................................................32 12.2 Recommendations .....................................................................................................................32 13. Stakeholder Engagement .............................................................................................................32 13.1 Challenges .................................................................................................................................33 Chapter Two: Election Day ......................................................................................................................34 1. Security Arrangements ...................................................................................................................34 2. Election Day ....................................................................................................................................34 3. Polling Stations ...............................................................................................................................35 3.1 Electronic Voting Machines ........................................................................................................35 3.2 Voter Verification Devices (VVDs) ............................................................................................35 3.3 Special Voting .............................................................................................................................36 4. Closing of Polls and Counting .......................................................................................................37 5. Voter Turnout ..................................................................................................................................37 5.1 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................37 5.2 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................37 Chapter Three: Post Electoral Phase .......................................................................................................38 3.1 Collation Centres ......................................................................................................................38 3.2 Central Elections Results Centre (CERC) .............................................................................38 3.2.1 Election Results Transmission and Publishing .......................................................................38