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Article 11
 

(1) There shall be an Electoral Office for the purpose of effecting the registration, transfer and cancellation of voters, the organisation required for the running of elections and all such administrative work as may be required by the Electoral Commission.

(2) The Electoral Office shall be staffed by persons in the public service and whilst serving in the Electoral Office such persons shall only be responsible to the Commission in matters concerning the preparation for and the running of General Elections.

(3) The Commission is to ensure that there is full observance of procedures of control and security, especially in regards to access of terminals, the introduction, use and processing of information and in the printing of documents for identification. The Commission is also to ensure that the Electoral Register database includes only the details of those persons eligible to vote. The parties are further to have the right, prior to the carrying out of any electro-mechanic process during the electoral process, to demand the holding of a dummy run in order to ascertain the validity of the said electro-mechanical process.