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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

1. Comprehensive legal regulation be established for the cancellation of voting in polling units, with clear grounds specified, timeframes elaborated, and requirements made for transparency.

2. Consolidated official versions of legislation be made available online and in paper format in real time in order to improve public accessibility and awareness, and to avoid legal confusion.

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

3. Priority recommendation: Organisational and operational capacity within INEC be considerably strengthened. Improve planning, tracking, and the required human and material resources needed for timely and accountable operations. In addition, improve internal communication within INEC.

4. In order to enhance integrity and confidence in INEC, the commission works with full transparency, making information of public interest immediately and easily accessible, including on its website. This includes decisions, voter registration information, PVC distribution and polling data, manuals for officials and results.

5. INEC increases consultation with stakeholders, including more frequent meetings with political parties centrally and at state level, especially during the election period. In addition, press conferences be regularly and consistently held, particularly before and after election day. INEC improves strategic communication on incidents and crises, through early press conferences and statements including on electoral security issues.

6. Training of all ad hoc polling staff, election supervisors, and collation and returning officers be significantly improved, with polling staff having extended practical training on the use of smart card readers, closing and counting procedures and completing polling unit result forms.

7. Turn voting points into separate polling units. This would help enable greater transparency in results, and reduce the number of affected voters in case of cancellation of voting in specific polling units. Ultimately, spread the location of polling units for increased accessibility for voters. All polling units have sufficient space and a layout that protects secrecy of the vote.

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