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Article 58
 

58.1. The Executive Directorate of Electoral Training and Civic Education has the following responsibilities:


a) To elaborate, propose and coordinate the civic education programs developed by the local and district executive boards;


b) To promote the signing of agreements related to civic education with the Local Public Bodies suggesting the development of national policies geared towards the promotion of the political-democratic culture and the construction of citizenship;


c) To oversee the compliance with the programs and policies referred to in the two previous paragraphs;


d) To design and propose strategies to promote voting among the citizens;


e) To design and promote strategies for the integration of the directive boards of the polling stations and the electoral training;


f) To prepare the training materials and the electoral instructions;


g) To provide guidance for the citizens for the exercise of their rights and fulfillment of their political-electoral duties;


h) To carry out the necessary actions to encourage that citizens register and update their registration in the Federal Register of Voters and to ensure that they vote;


i) To participate in the sessions of the Electoral Training and Civic Education Commission only with the right to speak;


j) To design and propose civic education campaigns in coordination with the Special Attorney General’s Office for the prevention of electoral offenses;


k) To agree with the Executive Secretary on the matters of its responsibility, and


l) The other responsibilities established by this Law.