FIELD OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
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Head of Department
The head of department is the over-all Coordinator and Overseer of the
electoral issues, tasks and activities falling under the department. Below
the Head of department, are a national special interest groups and regional
Desk officers. Under the Desk Officers are the District Registrars and
Assistant District Registrars charged with all the electoral tasks in
their districts of jurisdiction.
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Desk Officers Section
They are in charge of the various regions in the country demarcated for
ease of administration as indicated:
• Desk Officer in charge of Central North region
• Desk Officer in charge of Central South region
• Desk Officer in charge of Far East region
• Desk Officer in charge of Mid West region
• Desk Officer in charge of Near East region
• Desk Officer in charge of Northern region
• Desk Officer in charge of South West region
• National Desk Officer in charge of Special Interest Groups
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Functions of The Department of Field Operations
• Study, interpretation and operationalisation of electoral laws.
• Co-ordinate the establishment and operation of polling stations.
• Liase the maintenance of databases of elections results.
• Liase the specification of the structures, quality and quantity of polling
materials.
• Drawing election programmes and budgets for electoral activities.
• Co-ordinate and oversee the preparation, packing, dispatch and delivery
of polling materials to the field.
• Receives, compiles and summarizes district electoral reports.
• Liaise the designing, overseeing the production, distribution and control
the use of ballot papers
• Co-ordinate organising and supervising candidates campaign meetings.
• Handling Electoral complaints.
• Supervising, monitoring and evaluation of election activities.
• Co-ordinate all field electoral activities.
