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Table of Contents

Overview... 3What’s new for this election?... 3

Key dates for a candidate... 5Members of Parliament... 6

Nomination of Candidates... 7Voter Enrolment... 11

Polling Day... 13Results... 18

Court of Disputed Returns... 19Electoral Offences... 20

Candidate Code of Conduct... 21Candidate Nomination Form... 22Candidate Withdrawal Form... 24

Candidate Photo Form... 25Public Outreach .. 26

OVERVIEW

This handbook provides information you will need as a candidate in the 2019 general election and includes detailed information on:

• Becoming a candidate • Election campaigning rules• Outline of the electoral system• The Election Day rules

WHAT’S NEW FOR THIS ELECTION?Early voting for people who cannot vote on Polling Day has been introduced. The NEC will provide facilities to allow those voters who, due to specific circumstances sanctioned by the Commission, cannot attend a polling station on the general election day, to vote before voting day. This includes voters who cannot come to the polling stations for religious reasons and those who will be overseas on the day.(Early voting is currently being developed – information will be posted soon)As a candidate, if you decide to withdraw, you must do it no later than 72 hours after you apply. Only the first two supporters for your nomination as a candidate will be gazettedThe number of overseas votes a voter can act as a proxy for has been reduced from 5 to 2.An automatic recount if a candidate will lose by 0.025% of the valid votes castThese changes are explained in more detail in the handbook.

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IT IS VITAL THATEVERY CANDIDATE

UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE ELECTORAL ACT OF 2016ITS AMENDMENTS AND THE

REGULATIONS MADE BYTHE NAURU ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Key dates for a candidate

The 2019 elections are scheduled for August if the parliament completes its full three year term. In the constitution, Parliament is not fixed term, and the president can dissolve parliament early.

When the election date is announced, the NEC will publish a full calendar of electoral dates. The following is a list of legal dates important for candidates:

Event

Government ‘offices of profit’ employees must resign 3 months before being nominated

If an early election is called they must resign No later than 5 days after writ issued

Writ issued Not less than 4 weeks before election

Publish voter roll in the gazette 5 days after writ issued

Close of voter roll 5:00 pm 21 days before election

Candidate nominations open for 1 week Closes 5:00 pm E-day - 14

Mobile polling stations list published At close of Nomination

Last withdrawal date for candidates 72 hrs after application

Ballot draw (draw for positions on the ballots) 24 hours after last withdrawal date

Candidate lists, polling locations & date published After withdrawal period

Last mobile voting application date 48 hrs before 09:00 am E-day

Last proxy voting application date 24 hrs before 09:00 am E-Day

Polling Day Voting 09:00am to 18:00 pm

Counting Results declared As soon as possible

Recount requests allowed Within 24 hrs after declaration

Send Letters to Non Voters Within 1 Month after elections

Last day for Supreme Court petitions 30 days after results published

Opening of voter roll 31 days after official results

Election records destroyed Kept for 1 year


Members of Parliament

19 Members of Parliament are elected from eight (8) constituenciesat a general election.

Constituency Districts Number of members

Aiwo Aiwo 2

Anabar Anabar, Anibare, Ijuw 2

Anetan Anetan, Ewa 2

Boe Boe 2

Buada Buada 2

Meneng Meneng 3

Ubenide Baiti, Denigomodu, NibokUaboe 4

Yaren Yaren 2

Members of Parliament 19

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Nomination of Candidates

Key messages

Nominations will be accepted for one week, from 21 days before the election. The deadline for nominations is 5 pm – 14 days before the election. A nomination may only be withdrawn up to 72 hours from when it was submitted.

Candidate eligibility

To be a candidate you must at the time of your application:• Not be an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent;• Not be a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged according to law to

be mentally disordered;• Not have been convicted and under sentence or subject to be sentenced for an offence

punishable according to law by death or by imprisonment for 1 year or longer;• Be resident in Nauru; • Be a Nauruan citizen and at least twenty years old.• Not hold an ‘office of profit’ in the service of Nauru or of a statutory corporation.

Nomination of state servants etc.

There are special rules for state servants (employees with an ‘office of profit’ in the service of Nauru or of a statutory corporations) who stand as candidates.

For example: If you are a public servant, to avoid the possibility of real or perceived conflicts of interest, the Public Service Act requires you to resign three months in advance of being nominated to be a candidate.

• In a general election a candidate is employed by the government or a government corporation, must have resignedat least three months before being nominated.

• If an early election, or a by-election is called, employees must resign within five days after the writ for the election is issued.

This includes the following posts:• An officer who holds an office under the Public Service Act 2016; • An officer who holds an office under the Nauru Police Force Act 1972; • An officer who holds an office under the Nauru Air Corporation Act 1995; • An officer who holds an office under the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Act 1997; • An officer who holds an office under the Nauru Utilities Corporation Act 2011; • An officer who holds an office under the Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources

Authority Act 1997; • An officer who holds an office under the Port Authority Act 2015; • An officer who holds an office under the RONPHOS Act 2005; and • Any other officer who holds an office in any instrumentality of the Republic.

It is also an offence to retain an office of profit if they intend being a candidate. Fine $10,000 or 2 years imprisonment or both.


The Public Service Act 2016, section 84 (2019 Amendment) states:

‘84 Election candidates – resignation and reemployment

(1) An employee who intends to submit a nomination as a candidate in the general elections must resign 3 months before submitting his or her nomination.

(2) An employee who intends to submit a nomination as a candidate in a by-election shall resign within 5 days from the date the writ of elections is published under section 56 of the Electoral Act 2016.

(3) An employee who intends to submit a nomination as a candidate in an election held as a consequence of earlier dissolution of Parliament than its full term of three years under Article 41(7) of the Constitution shall resign within 5 days from the date the writ of elections is published under section 56 of the Electoral Act 2016.

(4) A person who resigned under subsection (1), (2) or (3) is eligible to be re-employed in the public service where such person:

(a) was a candidate at that election; and

(b) failed to be elected at that election; and

(c) within 2 months of the declaration of the result of that election, applied in writing to the Chief Secretary for re-employment in the public service.’

(5) For the purposes of this section, ‘employee’ includes public service employees, contract employees, temporary employees and heads of departments.

Nomination forms

These can be downloaded from the Electoral Commission’s website: www.electoralcommission.org.nr or by visiting the Electoral Commission’s office in Civic Centre, Aiwo.

Where can candidates stand?

You may be nominated for a district only in the constituency in which you are enrolled to vote. You cannot be nominated for more than one electorate.

How to nominate a candidate

Two electors, enrolled to vote in the constituency where you are enrolled to vote, must nominate you. You cannot nominate yourself.

Your nomination must be:

• On the official nomination form and properly filled out and signed

• Submitted with a non refundable deposit receipt of $500. Submitted by 5 pm, 14 days before the election;

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Nominations that comply with the above points will be accepted. Nominations that do not comply with the above points will be rejected.

Nominations will be accepted in person at the NEC offices.

One passport photo, taken at the post offoce, must also be submitted on form 3. The photo is for the candidate posters which will be put in the polling stations to make it easier for voters to identify you.

We recommend you submit your nomination in person as early as possible and do not leave it until the last day. This will allow time for the Returning Officer to check your nomination to make sure it is in order. The Returning Officer cannot extend the legal deadline of 5 pm on nomination day.

Nominations close at 5pm sharp 14 days prior to polling day. Late nominations cannot be accepted.

Withdrawing nominations

If you were nominated, but wish to withdraw, you must do so within 72 hours of the close of nominations. You must complete a withdrawal of nomination form (obtainable from the website, or the NEC office), and submit it to the NEC office.

A nomination cannot be withdrawn after this period.

Candidate name

A person can be nominated under the name on their birth certificate, the name conferred on them by means of an adoption order, a name they have adopted by deed poll, or a name which they have commonly been known by in the preceding 12 months.

For example, a candidate commonly known as Andy Smith can use this name rather than their full legal name Andrew Smith.

On the ballot paper titles and honorifics are not allowed. The surname or family name will be first followed by the candidates other names. The surname will be bigger (font size) than the other names.

I.e. Smith, Andy

If two or more candidates have similar names – a description or addition can be used to distinguish each candidate.

Order of candidates on ballot paper (ballot draw)

24 hours after the withdrawal of nominations is completed (4 days after the close of the nomination period – 10 days before the election), candidates or their representative will be invited to attend the Electoral Commission Offices to participate in the random draw for ballot paper position.


Ballot draw process:

Numbers will be placed inside an opaque box. They will match the numbers of candidates nominated for each respective constituency.

A number will be draw out by each candidate (or their representative). The number draw represents the position on the ballot paper for that candidate. The number will be hand-written in the printed candidate list next to that candidate.

If no representative is present, the commission will draw the number for that candidate.

Release of candidate information

At the end of the withdrawal period and when all nominations have been processed, the NEC will publish the names of candidates in the gazette.

After the ballot lottery they will also be published on the NEC website (www.electoralcommission.org.nr) with photos of each candidate to help voters. Posters will also be put up on the information boards in districts showing the candidates in ballot order.

Candidate briefing sessions

The NEC will announce a briefing about the election process and your responsibilities as a candidate in an election. You may attend or send a representative. At these sessions, information packs containing a variety of materials willbe available.

Contact the NEC for information on the date and time of the candidate briefing. A separate session will also be held for women.

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NEC Commissioner conducting the 2016 ballot draw for Aiwo district

Voter Enrolment

This section provides you with key elements of voter registration and outlines the resources and roll information that are available to candidates for the election.

Maintaining the roll

The Roll is kept by the Electoral Commissioner and is classified into Districts. The Roll is updated from time to time following consultations between the Electoral Commissioner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Automatic enrolment

A person will be automatically registered as a voter in the District for which they were registered at birth, if they have attained the age of twenty and are a Nauruan citizen. A person who has been automatically enrolled as they were not on the previous electoral roll is exempt from paying the transfer fee.

Applying to be on the electoral roll

Persons who have not been automatically enrolled can apply to be registered using Form 1, Application for Registration. The form is available on the website or from the office

Transferring enrolment to another district

A person who is already registered on the Electoral Roll can change their registration to another district no more than once every 6 months by completing Form 2, Application For Transfer Of Registration and paying a fee of $150.00 AUD.

Entitlement for transferring registration

A person can be registered on the roll for a district in which they have lived for at least 1 month. If a person is living outside Nauru, then they can register for the district in which they last lived for not less than 1 month. If a person has been registered in that district on the Register of Births but not automatically registered.

A person may apply for registration in a district even if they do not appear on the Register of Births, if the Electoral Commissioner certifies using Schedule 3 that the voter has a substantial connection with the district through:

a. Nauruan custom, customary links and affiliation; b. birth by either his or her parent in that district; c. the registration for any electoral purposes of either his or her parent in that District; d. his or her spouse being born in that district.

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A person may also apply even if they have never lived in Nauru or in a district for 1 month and were not registered at birth nor do they have a certificate of birth. In such circumstances the Electoral Commissioner may require the applicant to supply evidence of their entitlement and the Electoral Commissioner may make their own inquiries as to the merits of the application.

Rejection of application of registration

If the Electoral Commissioner rejects an application, he or she must as soon as possible, give the applicant a notice explaining the reason.

A voter may appeal a notice of rejection or appeal if their name has been removed from the roll after a review.

Publication of the roll

The Roll must be published in the Government Gazette at the following times:1. At least once a year2. At least 5 days after the Writ for an election has been issued.

Sale of electoral rolls

Any person may obtain a copy of the roll on payment of a fee of $20 for a single district $30 for a constituency or $150 for the national roll. The purchased roll may only be used for purposes connected with the election, and penalties apply for misuse.

Removal from the roll

The Electoral Commissioner may remove a name from the roll if the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages advises that the person is deceased.

The Electoral Commissioner may also revise the roll to correct any error or omission, or to remove from the roll the name of any person who is dead or has ceased to be a citizen of Nauru.

A voter may apply to have their name changed or other particulars entered on the roll. The Electoral Commissioner cannot alter the roll after the roll has closed. A voter must be advised, unless they are deceased, within 48 hours that their name has been struck off the roll.


Polling Day

This section describes the procedures during Polling Day voting.

This section describes the different voting services available in Nauru and from overseas during the early voting period and on Polling Day.

Candidate presence in voting placesCandidates and their supporters may only enter a voting place to vote.

After voting, they must leave.

Polling times

• Voting commences at 9.00am on polling day and concludes at 6.00pm

• Voting is compulsory for any person registered on the Roll.

• At 6.00pm a police officer will join the end of the queue (if necessary) and bring the queue inside the venue or prevent any other voters from joining the queue.

Campaigning near voting places

Restrictions prevent electioneering on Election Day within 200 metres of an entrance to a voting place (“the buffer zone”).

The Electoral Act prohibits anything within the buffer zone that can be said to interfere with or influence voters, including displaying campaign material, holding meetings, demonstrations, processions, and speeches with the intention of influencing or inducing a voter to vote for a candidate, or not to vote, or asking who they voted for.


Identification of voters

The voter must present one of the following forms of identification to the Presiding Officer prior to receiving a ballot paper.

Identification that the Electoral Commission has determined as suitable are:• Passport • Employment ID card • Student ID Card• Driving Licence • Bank Card • Baptism Certificate• Insurance policy • Birth certificate

If the voter does not have one of the above forms of identification then the voter will need to answer certain questions appropriately before being issued with a ballot paper.

Marking the finger with ink

Before the voter is issued with their ballot paper, they must have their left forefinger marked with indelible ink. There are provisions to mark other fingers if the left forefinger is missing.

Voting

The voter must cast their vote by placing sequential numbers, beginning with the number one, in the squares beside the names of the candidates in their order of their preference.

Assisted voting

A Presiding Officer can take an unmarked ballot paper from the polling station to a voter who is unable to appear at the polling place due to illness or disability or any other reason approved by the Electoral Commissioner. The Presiding Officer must be accompanied by one other election official.

A person who is incapacitated and are unable to complete their ballot paper without assistance, may nominate a person to assist them.

If no person is nominated then the Presiding Officer may mark the ballot paper in accordance to the voter’s instructions. The voter may nominate a person to inspect the ballot paper before it is placed in the ballot box.


Spoiled ballot paper

A voter may receive only one replacement ballot paper if they mark their ballot paper in such a way that they cannot correct it.

Secret voting

Apart from assisted voting, it is prohibited for more than one person to be present in the polling booth. No photos can be taken in a polling booth.

Voters have the right to vote secretly. Voters fold their ballot and place it in the ballot box. It is mixed with all other votes and is not numbered.

Proxy voting

Proxy voting is where a voter in Nauru will vote in accordance with the directions of an overseas voter who cannot be in Nauru on Polling Day.

Applications for proxy voting can be made after the close of the voter roll up until 24 hours before polling commences.

A voter in Nauru who has been asked to be the Proxy:a. must be entitled to vote; andb. must be enrolled on the same District Roll as the voter; and


c. must not be under a sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for an offence punishable by imprisonment for 3 years or more; and

d. must not be a proxy voter, or have been nominated as proxy by more than 2 other voters.

On Polling Election Day the proxy voter goes to the polling place and requests their own ballot and gives the proxy voting authorisation form to the election official.

The proxy voter will need to sign next to their own name on the roll and also next to the name of the voter for whom they are proxy voting.

The election official will then issue the ballot papers to that voter. That is, the voter’s own ballot paper and up to 2 other ballot papers depending on how many times they have been nominated as a proxy voter.

An application form can be downloaded from the Electoral Commissions website, www.electoralcommission.org.nr or from the NEC office in Aiwo.

Mobile voting

There are two types of mobile voting

1. In institutions such as the hospital, or the correction centre.2. In a private home following application accompanied by a doctor’s certificate.

Mobile voting teams will attend the prison and the hospital to and set up voting facilities for prisoners and hospitalised voters who are eligible to vote.

A mobile voting team will attend the home of people who by reason of illness or infirmity or, in the case of a woman approaching maternity, cannot attend a polling place on polling day.

A voter who wants to vote at a mobile polling station must apply to the Electoral Commissioner at least 48 hours before 9am on polling day. A doctor’s certificate must be supplied at the time of application to indicate that the voter is so unwell that they cannot attend a polling place.


Valid and invalid ballot papers

For a vote to be valid, the voter must consecutively number his or her preferences, starting from the number 1 and then numbering all candidates on the ballot paper.

There is a savings provision. If one square on the ballot paper has been left unmarked and all preferences commencing from the number one are present, then the unmarked square will be taken as the next and last preference which will keep the ballot paper valid.

A ballot paper is not to be treated as invalid if, in the opinion of the Electoral Commissioner the voter’s intention is clear.

A ballot paper will also be invalid if:• it is not authenticated by the initials of the Presiding Officer;• no vote has been recorded on it;


VALID BALLOT PAPERAll candidates numbered in

order of your choice.

INVALID BALLOT PAPERS1. Must write only one of

each number.2. Ticks and crosses are not

votes.3. Nothing can identify you as a

voter.4. Your intention must be clear

and readable.

Results

This section explains when and how votes are counted and results are released, as well as the processes for a recount or election petition.

Election night

After the polling places close at 6pm on Election Day, the ballot box will be sealed and the numbers recorded. The box will be taken to the central counting center. Early vote ballot boxes will also be taken to the count center.

The ballot boxes are opened and the votes are separated into invalid and valid. The valid votes are then counted. Results will be handwritten onto an official results sheet and then typed into a spreadsheet which will do the calculations. This will be printed and signed and stamped by the electoral commissioner.

These results are final and winning candidates are entitled to enter parliament. However petitions in the court of disputed returns may alter the results.

Vote counting process explained

Only valid votes can be included in the count.

Firstly total the number of first preference votes are counted, then the second preference votes, and then the third preference votes, and so on for each candidate.

The total number of second preferences received by each candidate are divided by two.

The total number of third preferences received by each candidate are divided by three and so on.

The fractions created by the above calculations are then added to the number of the first preferences for that candidate and a total value of votes for each candidate is determined.

Results will be calculated to three decimal places.


Determining the results

Candidates with the highest total value of votes will be elected.

New change for 2019:An automatic manual recount of votes will occur if a candidate was defeated

or eliminated by 0.25% or less of the valid votes cast.

Publication of results

The results will be declared as soon as practical after the counting process.

The result sheets will be gazetted and also posted in other conspicuous places around the districts and in public places. They will be also placed on the Electoral Commission’s website at the conclusion of the election for examination by all.

Request for recount

A candidate may request in writing, within 24 hours, for a recount stating the reasons by which they are requesting a recount.

Court of Disputed ReturnsOnce a result is declared it can be challenged by petition to the Supreme Court by:

• a candidate; or• a voter who is registered the same district that is being challenged.

Until the determination of the petition, all candidates that were declared elected remain duly elected.

A petitioner must pay a fee of $500 with the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the time of filing.

The decision of the Court is final and my not be questioned or appealed to any other Court.

Petitioners should refer to the Electoral Act 2016 Part 8 and seek their own legal advice when preparing a petition to the Court of Disputed Returns. The Electoral act is aviable on the website.


Electoral Offences (Electoral act 2016 - Part 10)

Giving False Information · Deliberately giving false or misleading Information to the Electoral Commission

Ballot Paper Offences· Marking a ballot paper if you are not a registered voter· Removing unmarked ballot papers from a polling place illegally · Putting any ballot paper in a ballot box that has not been lawfully issued to a voter.

Voting Offences· More than one person being at a polling booth unless assisting a voter · Using a camera, phone or electronic device in a polling booth · Unlawfully entering a polling booth · Being in a Polling station without official purpose (i.e. voting) or authorisation · Impersonates another voter, in order to vote, or an election official · Trying to vote more than once · Obstructing a voter from casting their vote.

Disruption or Disobedience· Intruding into a polling place when not entitled to be in it and to wilfully interrupt, obstruct

or disturb the proceedings of an election. · Failing to obey the lawful directions of the Electoral Commission officials, may be removed

from the polling station.

Voter’s List Offences· Possessing through unofficial means, or manipulating the voter’s list electronically or by

other means · Using information on the Voter’s List for commercial use or purposes unrelated to an

election

Campaign Offences· Destroying campaign material · Displaying campaign material within 200 meters of a polling station on polling day · Using state resources/locations/staff for campaigning · Holding or taking part in a meeting, demonstration or procession within 200 meters of a

polling station on Election Day with the intention of: · Canvassing or soliciting the vote of a voter; · Inducing the voter to vote for or against a particular candidate; or finding out who a voter has, or will, vote for

· Police are not permitted to influence a voter. · Receiving property or benefits in exchange for a vote for a candidate· Threatening or intimidating a person to vote for a candidate or to refrain from voting · Interfering or hindering in any way with a person conducting any duty that is relevant to an

election. · Corruptly influencing by “Treating” voters with cash, food, entertainment etc.

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Maximum Fine

Maximum Prison


Candidate Code of Conduct

Duty of Every Candidate During the Electoral Process

Every candidate shall during the electoral process promote conditions conducive to the conduct of free and fair elections and be bound by the Code.

The legal and ethical standards described in the Code guide the activities of the candidates during the entire Electoral Process from beginning to end, including candidate nomination, registration, political campaigning, polling, and counting. As a candidate I will obey these standards and implement them with common sense and good faith:

1. I shall comply with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Nauru, and all regulations, instructions, and procedures issued for the conduct of the electoral process and shall fully obey and implement them in all of my activities.

2. I have read and understood the list of electoral offences and will not commit these.

3. I shall treat all persons with honour and respect, and will not promote hate against anyone on the basis of their gender, age, disability, social origin or personal status.

4. I shall not exert pressure on voters or electoral staff.

5. I shall not interfere in the official business of electoral staff and shall not disrupt the electoral process.

6. I shall behave honestly and transparently with regard to the duties and decisions of electoral staff by cooperating to the extent allowed by law with observers, voters, candidates, and members of the press or media.

7. I shall respect the secrecy of the ballot.

8. I shall familiarize myself with all relevant laws, regulations and procedures prior to the start of the process and follow voting procedures as set out and follow instructions given by the electoral staff.

9. I will bring to the attention of relevant authorities any attempt made to bribe or coerce.

I have read, understand, and will abide by the above Code of Conduct:

___________________ _______ ___________________

Name of Candidate Date Signature


Candidate Nomination Form Page 1


Candidate Nomination Form Page 2


Candidate Withdrawal FormCandidate Withdrawal Form


Candidate Photo Form


Public Outreach

Election Communication

The Nauru Electoral Commission (NEC) also provides communications/information to ensure voters and candidates alike to ensure that their passive and active electoral rights are maintained.

Public information campaigns and civic education activities are critical to the enfranchisement of voters and the of success of elections by informing the electorate about the procedures, operational timelines, and other critical information relating to the process.

In addition to providing information about the election process, the NEC encourages broad participation, and close collaboration with civil society, governmental institutions, and key stakeholders within the Nauruan community.

Extensive public outreach efforts begin approximately eight weeks before the elections, in order to present a fresh focus on Polling Day, avoid voter fatigue, and permit a sequenced timing of production and logistical roll-out of the Polling Day focused information campaign.

For the low and non-literate population, materials based on illustrations will be used. Illustrations will always have a gender balance. All information strives to use plain language.

The public outreach has four information areas:

• Voter registration messaging;• Candidate nomination messaging;• Election-Day & counting specific voter information;• Motivational voter education programs that will continue to mainstream gender

and disadvantaged groups in all messages while focusing on community ownership and individual responsibility;

The public outreach campaign is implemented in the following ways:

1. Civic/voter education activities, including direct interactive activities with the general population and influential members in the community (i.e. community leader seminars and community meetings), and the distribution of materials;

2. Media - mass communication mechanisms;3. SMS messaging;4. Press releases and periodic news interviews, radio call inshows and NEC updates

(external relations);5. A door to door campaign to inform each household and check Voter roll details;6. A billboard and poster campaign;

• Posters will cover both general awareness and specific motivational messages; • Leaflets concentrate specifically on the election process details;


Motivational/informational outreach activities (direct and indirect) began in late April and continue until the election.

Intensive face-to-face outreach activities will begin approximately one and a half months before Polling Day and continue for two weeks. It will be both a voter registration outreach exercise and will also inform voters about all areas of the process and provide civic education information.

NEC Brand

The NEC logo is the cornerstone of the brand identity. This was created by the commission in 2016 and captures many elements of democracy and Nauru culture. For 2019 it has been simplified and a few small elements have been added.

2019 Election Logo

For the 2019 election, a logo has also been developed that will be used to represent the electoral process itself.

Website

Stakeholders – voters and candidates etc. are be able to get all information needed to take part in the election: www.electoralcommission.org.nr


Motivational posters


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