National Assembly election - Electoral officers brought up to date with rules and procedures |03 September 2016
The Electoral Commission of Seychelles organised a training workshop yesterday for electoral officers who will be working for the National Assembly election 2016.
The objectives for this half-day workshop was to ensure that all officers are up to date with regulations and procedures to be used in the National Assembly election next week, to refresh for the purposes of consistency and uniformity, the electoral process and management of polling stations as well as ensuring harmony in all polling station practices, from pre-polling to delivery of all post-poll materials.
Over 60 officers earmarked to manage the 25 polling stations and 14 special polling stations and police officers attended the workshop at the STC conference room which took place from 9am to 2pm.
They actively took part in group work to review and prepare layout plans for their respective stations and agendas for briefing of staff and polling agents.
The electoral officers were presented with checklist, handbook and code of conducts as reference materials.
They had the opportunity to clarify pertinent issues and make suggestions to improve the management of polling stations to ensure a smooth and effective voting process.
The workshop was facilitated by staff of the Electoral Commission secretariat and members of the Commission.
In his opening address the chairman of the Electoral Commission, Hendrick Gappy, emphasised that “training of election officials is not only critical and essential, but also central to the conduct of free, fair and credible elections”.
“It is a fact that with sound training and good orientation, you will ensure that the conduct of elections conforms to international benchmarks that will produce transparent and acceptable outcomes,” he told the officers.
“With the right training you will make the Electoral Commission a stronger democratic institution that will work for the benefit of all citizens,” he added.
