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THE ELECTORAL CYCLECharles Lasham
Centre for Parliamentary Studies Seminar
9th – 13th July 2012
The Electoral Cycle
• Three phases to the Electoral Cycle
1. Pre-Electoral Period
2. Electoral Period
3. Post Electoral Period
Pre-Electoral Period 1
• Budget and Financing• Electoral Calendar• Operational Plans• Recruitment – easy? Payment? Independent?• Procurement• Security• Logistics
Pre-Electoral Period 2
• TRAINING• Procedures, poll worker manuals• ToT• Training of polling and count staff• Online training – Possible?• CDs• Payment?
Pre-Electoral Period 3
• INFORMATION• Civic and voter education• Political Party liaison• Civil Society liaison• Accreditation of Observers• International Observers• Domestic Observers
Pre-Electoral Period 3
• REGISTRATION• Political Party Registration• Political Party Financing• Voter Registration• VR: Established processes• Immediately prior to election• Continuous registration• U.K. – U.S.A. – Egypt – Afghanistan - other
The Electoral Period 1
• Nomination of candidates – independents?• Codes of Conduct• Media access – Media commissions?• Preparation of ballots• Printing and distribution• Sensitive material• Non-sensitive material
The Electoral Period 2
• VOTING~ Special voting~ External voting~ Advance voting~ Election day(s)• COUNTING~ precinct, constituency, regional, electronic,~ tabulation
The Electoral Period 3
• Announcement of results
• Complaints and Appeals~EMB or other body
• Voters, candidates and parties
• Cancellation of results
Post-Electoral Period 1
• REVIEW~ EMB alone? Secretariat, stakeholders?• REFORM~ Legal reform proposals~ EMB~ Election system~ Boundaries
Post-Electoral Period 2
• VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE• INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT• STRATEGIC PLANNING• POST ELECTION REPORT• RESULTS ON WEBSITE• STAKEHOLDER NETWORKING
