: p' !- + THE NEW ELECTIONS LAW AN ACT DECREE NO. 85 OF THE PEOPLE'S' REDEMPTION COUNCIL, ADOPTING A NEW TITLE 11'

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1 THE NEW ELECTONS LAW REPEALNG.d.. AN ACT DECREE NO. 85 OF THE PEOPLE'S' w-!- + : p' REDEMPTON COUNCL, ADOPTNG A NEW TTLE 11' N LEU THEREOF TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW ELECTOPS LAW,......! f ' APPROVED SEPTEMBER 29, Publshed By Authorty Bureau of Prntng MNSTRY OF FOREGN AFFARS Monrova, Lbera October 4, 1986 f -..

2 ?! EWE ' 1 1 Decree 75 Repealed WTER Defntons of Genernl Provsons Ttle of Law Refnt ons Effect of Declaraton Servce of Notce Servce By Rado Sgnnture of Person Unnble To Wrte Cheftancy Electon Qualfcaton of Chefs ' \ CHAPTER 1 Elect ons Comm ss on; Organ za t.on rnd Adm nt tra t on Offce of Electon8 Commsson Tenure nnd Appontment Qunlfcaton for Appontment Quorum and Vote Party Afflaton, Oath Renumeraton Scat of the Comnsron Polce Protecton for Member of the Commsson Power and Dut es SUB-CHAPTER A - DUTES 2.10 Charman 2.11 Co-Charman SW-CHAPTEB E - LEGAL SECTON ESTALSHED 2.12 Legal Secfon 2.13 Composton 2.14 Qualfcatlon 2.15 Appolntment nnd Tenure 2.16 butler and Functlons 2.17 Dvron of Admnstraton

3 ! 'NO UGE.. 1 -, Dvsonal Head 2.19 Appontment and Tenure 1.20 Qualfcaton 2.21 Dutes of Executve Drector SUB-CHAPTER D - ELECTONS OFFCERS Appontment Clerk of Wrts Mag s t rates Oath of Offlce nablty To Hold Offce Compensaton Payment Oath CAPTER 3 - REGSTRATON OF VOTERS SUB-CHAPTER A - GENERAL PROVSONS Who May Vote Place of Regstraton 3.3 Tme of Regstraton SUB-CHAPTER B - REGSTRATON ROLL 3.4 Regstraton Roll 3.5 Regstraton Card 3.6 Roll To Be Kept 3.7 Non-Applance Wth Prescrbed Form 3.8 Publc Offce To Furnsh nformaton 3.9 Other Persons From Whom nformaton pay Be Requred 3.10 Regulatons For Preparaton Of Rolls. SUB-CHAPTER C - VERFCATON ADDTON AND OBJECTONS To REGSTRATON ROLL 3.11 Clams For Regstraton 3.12 Duty Of Wtness To Clam 3.13 Flng of Clams By Regstrar 3.14 Regstraton To Clamant r ' 2

4 . SUB-CHAPTER D - OBJECTON TO CLAM AND REGSTRATON 15 Objecton To Clam...6 ObJectlon To Regrtraton SUB-WTER E - ALTERATON OF REGSTRATON ROLL 3.17' Removal Of Names Repeated On The Roll Alternton Of Rolls When Regrtrnton Roll May Not Be Altered Alteraton of Regstraton Roll - How Made Mnstry of Healtb To Furnsh Names Of Deceased Persons Clerk of Probate Court To Furnsh Names Of lncompentent And Unsound Mnd Names Of Dsfranchsed To Be Furnshed Mnster of Justce Restoraton of Names on Regstraton Roll CHAPTER 4 - OQNDUCT OF ELEC'ONS 4.1 Votng Precncts 4.2 Pollng Place 4.3 Electons Wrt 4.4 Dutes of Mngstrate 4.5 Nomnaton of Canddates 4.6 Emblem 4.7 Ballot Papers 4.8 The Polls 4.9 Representatves at Pollng Places 4.10 Persons Present at Pollng Places 4.11 Openng of The Poll 4.12 Closng of the Poll 4.13 Queston Ballots 4.14 Endorsement of Electons Tnlly 4.15 Electons Results - How Returned 4.16 Preservaton of Ballots QUPTER 5 -,VOTNG 5.1 Who May Vote 5.2 Where To Vote 5.3 Leavt of Absence To Vote ~

5 5.4 Votng n Person - dentfcaton of Voter 5.5 Absentee Votng 5.6 Challenges 5.7 Castng of Ballot 5.8 Assstance to Unlettered and Phyr cal ly ncapactated W T E R 6 - CONTESTED ELECTON 6.1 Pllng of Complant Wth the Corn 18lon 6.2 nvertlgatlon and Declslon 1. Tlme Schedule ' 2. Effect of htermlnatlon 3. Harmless Error8 Not to Vatlate Electon 4: Brbery; Undue nfluence 5. Ground of Declsons 6.3 Rght of Appeal To Supreme Court 6.4.Plng Bll of Excepton 6.5 Bll of Excepton Contents 6.6 Bll of Excepton 6.7 Flng and Servce of Bll of Eqcepton 6.8 Recognzance 6.9 Hearng and Determnatlon of Bll of Excepton CHAPTER 7 - ELECTONS EXPENSES 7.1 Who May Contrbute 7.2 Remttance of Funds Outrde Lbera 7.3 Lmtaton of Electons Expenses 7.4 Accounts of Poltcal Partes To Be Examned WTER 8 - MERGER AND aonsolmton 8.1 Merger and Consoldaton 1. Procedure 2. Plan of Merger 3. Approval of Plan

6 KO TABLE4E-Q)PTEHTS EADE 8.2 Artcle of Merger or Cmsoldaton 8.3 Flng of Artcle of Merger or Consoldaton 8.4 When Merger or Consoldaton s Effectve CH.+PTER. 9 - DSSOLUTON OF POLTCAL PARTY 9.1 Dssoluton of Party 9.2 Tme When Effectve 9.3 ' Wndng Up Affars of Poltcal Party CHAF'TER ELECTONS OFFENSES Acts Consttutng Malfeasance Offenses n Relaton To Regstraton Cards Unlawful Dsclosure of Knowledge Relatng To The Vote of Any Voter Br bery Undue nfluence Destructon, Removal or Mutlat on Of Ballot Papers or Boxes ncurrng Unauthorzed Electon Expenses Ballot Paper Fraud Ballot Paper Fraud 1 Plural Votng At Same Electon False Statements Wth Regard to Regstraton of Clams Wtnessng Regstraton Clam W thou t Knowledge of Clam To The Facts Falure-To Transmt Clam of Another Anonymous Publcatons Representatves Perod of Permssble Wthdrawal Refusal to Serve When Elected Strrng Up Unrest n Leu of Protest Comnentng on Electon Durng Pendency Of An Electon Contest Notwthstandng, The Penalty Provded To Be Punshable Freedom of Travel and Use of Publc Facltes by Poltcal Partes Abusve Language and Slogan As Electon Offense Unfar Poltcal Practces Unlawful Electon Propaganda Cvl Sancton Penalty for Offenses Not Provded

7 'me EXECUTVE ~ N S O N Orrrcc or TMC PCSDCW MOWROVU. karcr~ SKD- 1 /OfG2/743/'86 September Mr. Charman: 1 am pleased to forward herewth for appro- prate acton of your Commsson, copy of the! House's Enrolled Bll No. 34 enttled: "AN ACT REPEALNG DECREE No.; 85 OF THE PEOPLE'S REDEMPTON COUNCL, AtO ADOPTNG A NEW TTLE 11; N LEU ThEREOF TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW ELEC- TONS LP.U", whch has today receved Executve Approval.? Hon. saac Randolph Cha rman Electons Commlsson Ashmun Street Monrova, Lbera

8 1 AN ACT REPEALNG DECREE NO. 85 OP THE PmPLE'S REDEHPTON aluncll AND AWPT- NG A NEW TTLE 1 N LEU THEREOF BE KNOWN AS 'XE NEW ELEmONS LAW.! 6? WHEREAS, t s necerrary, n vew of the multl-party rystem entrenohed n the Yew Conrtltutlon of Llberla to enact Electlonr - Law conrlrtent wlth, ance of the provrtonr of the Conrtltuton for the.gadvf:n-an Electlonr Commlrrlon thereunder. That PBCDecree No. 75 approved July , repeallog Tltle 12, Chapter 2 of the Llberlan Code of Lawr of 1956 known as the Bleatloor Law, aod PBC Decree No. 85 Eelatlog to the Draft Elrctloar Law, approved Yay 1, 1#1&, lncludlng Tltle 12 of the Eloatlonr Law ar contalaed n the 1956 Code of Lawr, are hereby repealed o thelr eotlrety, and tbe're s enacted n leu thereof; a new Electloor Law to be Ttle dl of the Lberan Code of Law8 Rovlsed, as hrreln below rected word for word: aupter 1. s Q L L A K, DEFNTONS AND QENERhL PROVSONS Tbe provlrlonr hereln rhall be enttled and cted ar the Electlonr Law of the Republlc of Lbera. s 1-2: DePNTWS. Except when the context or a rpeclfc of provrlon of law otherwlre requlrer, the followlng termr, when used n thls tltle, rhall have the followng meanngs rrcrlbed to them n ths Secton: (a) (b) "Commrronn shall refer to the Electons Commsson of the Republc of Lbera. "Ecom" shall be the abbrevaton ured to refer to the Electons Commsson. (e) npoltlcal Party' rhall refer to an assocaton wth a memberrhlp of not less than fve hundred (500) qualfed reglrtered voter8 n at leart each of any slx (6) counter. The actlvtler of a poltcal party whlch ha8 met the mnmum regstered requrements lad down by the Electlons Commrron by flng wth rad Electons Commrron, t8 rrtlcler of ncorporaton and by-lrwr n ' the-le shal nclude crnvarsng for voter on any publc srue, or n support!!!!!! -! s

9 for a canddate for electve offce. 2 All mltary, para-mltary perronnel, trade unona, unon of teachers, unon of doctorr and nurser, are hereby prohbted from formng poltcal parter, but may partcpate n poltcal actvter 'by votng for the canddate of hs/her choce durng electlon tme. "Asprant" when used n th' ttle, mean8 anyone canvassng for an electve publc ofdlce under the proveon of ths ttle. "General Electons" means any electlon for the offces of the Prerdent, Vce Presdent, Senators and Bapreaentatlves held every sr (6) yearr. "Specal Electons" means electon purruant.to Artlcler 64 and 91 of the Constltuton called for the eurpore of flllhg vacancler n the offcer of the Prerldent and Vce Presdent and for the purpose of adaptng an amendment toathe Conrttuton, and to nclude electlon to fll the vacances created for'the atacton: of flfty percent of the members of the Senate. 1 "By-Electon" meanr any electon other than a general or specal electon as provlded for under the prorlson of Artcle 37 of the Conrtltutlon and to otherwre nclude electon called for the purpoae of fllng vacances created as a result of unexplred term n an electlve poston other than the Presdency and the Vce Presdency. "Bun-off Electon" means an electlon follorng.the result of the frst ballot where no canddate obtans an abrolute majorty. "Gven Name" or "Frst Name" means the name preceedlng the surname of any perron quallfled to vote. "Absolute Majorty of Voter. means a number of votes greater than one-half the number of all voterr who vote at an electon, exclusve of voters,whore ballot papers are rejected.' "Consttuency" means a dellnented area of a defned populaton whch r qualfed to have one rqpreaentatlve n the Natonal Legslature. "Domcle" when used n ths ttle ahall.refer to the resdence n the constltuency of an asprant or canddate who seeks electve publc offce n whlch he lver and pays taxes. "Resdence" means a place where a voter lver.

10 S 3 "Pollng Place" means any approved buldng or structure n whch voters cast ther votes durng an electon. "Votng Precnct" menns an aren desgnated n a consttuency where not less than a thousand regstered voters may assemble for the purpose of castlng ther ballots durng an electon. "Voter" means any qualfed person who has.been regularly regstered nnd n posresson of a Regstraton Card and,whose nume appenrs on n regstraton roll. "Regstraton Card" means a cnrd ssued by the Electons Commsson to an elector as an dentlfcaton showng hls/her name, and consttuency, center and roll numbers whch enttles hm/her to vole durng an electon. Relacton Wrt" means a wrt ssued by the Elactlons Commsson drectng the holdng of an electon. RMagstrnte of Electons" means an electons offcer representng the Electon Commsson n the area of hs appontment to perform such dutes and functons prescrbed n ths ttle under the drecton nnd supervson of the Electons Commsson "Charman" when used n ths ttle rhall rete? to the Charman of the Electons Commsson. "Co-Charman" s one of the Commssoners who has been desgnated as such to assst the Charman n the admnstratve nffars of the Commsson. "Commssoner" means any of the f ve-member Commsson. 1UELLCst sl SrclaraLna Any declaraton requred to be made under the provson of ths ttle and made before any person authorzed by ths ttle to receve such declnratoq shall have the same force and effect and n case of false declaraton to the same penalty, as f such declnraton had been made to any offcal authorzed under the laws of the Republc to admnster an oath. S l A - S t L u ~ L ~ ~ ~ C t, Servce of any notce requred by the provson or ths ttle may be made by delverng t personally or f t can be shown that the post offce mnlntalnr n regular dellvery servce to such place, by malng 11 to the last known resdence or usunl place of abode wthn the Republc and f wth due dlgence no such delvery con P

11 4. 1 'y ' be made, by affxng the notce to the door of such person's place of busness, resdence or usual place of abode n the Republc. However, where the notce to be served concerns a person alleged to have been judclally declared an ncompetent or unsound mnd, hs guard1:an shall be served n accordancc wlth the provr'ons of thls Sect on.. s*~-serus~_hrsapmr~~~~rnr~~~~cnllannn~ When t s mpractcable to communcate any electlon matter by post wlthout occasonng undue delay, any rado or newspaper communcaton n the ordnary course shall suffce for the purpose of ths ttle. S: Sgn~llrenLn~~n-nnn~a-rurtn Any person requred by ths ttle to sgn hs\ name may, upon satsfyng an attestlng wtness that he s unable to wrte make a mark of the rght thumb whch shall be wtnessed by the attestng w tnesr. U..l.:hrL Lancu-Eleclnn Electon of Chefs shall be held every sx (6) years by regstered voters of the chefdom, clan and town under the provsons of the Consttuton, and the gudelnes promulgated by the Electons Commsson for the conduct of such electon. UA;-~nlfcatnnr 4 Persons asprng for the poston of chef shall posess the followng qualfcatons: 1- UWWlBcZ1LEE (a) (b) Be a Lberan ctzen of the chefdom; Be owner of a house or hut and must be a tax payer; and (c) Attaned the age of 30 years or more. 2. CWMLEEL (a) (b) Be a Lberan ctzen of the clan; (c) Attaned the age of 25 years, or more. 3. lhuuml (a) Be owner of a houfe or hut and must be a lex payer; and Be a Lberan ctzen of the town; (b) Be owner of a house or hut and must be tax payer; and (c) Attaned the age of 25 years or more. -

12 5 aamlla E L E G U W S & C & U S S. L Q X L O B ~ + ~2*l*~off~:e4f~heElrr~QnnCnmmsann, The Electons Commsson of the Republc of Lbera, as an autonomous publc commsson establshed by the Consttuton of Lbera, shall be camposed of fve (5) Members, one of whom shall - be apponted as Charman, and Co-Charmen, respectvely; each of the other three (3) Members shall be called Commssoner. UUaPunUmratanbTraurt. The Presdent shall nomnate and, wth the consent of the Senate, appont and.commrson the Charman, Co-Charman and other Members * of the Electons Commsson, and who shall hold ther offce durng good behavor for a perod of seven (7) years effectve as of the date of ther Commsson; they may however be removed upon proof of ms-conduct. S A O u a L L l r a t U n m n u u n L The Commssoners shall be Lberan ctzens and shall not be less than thrty-fve (35) years,of age. They shall be of good moral. character, and no twq (2) Commssoners shall.be from the same county. S A A ~ ~ ~ ~ - Y ~, Any three (3) members of the Commsson shall consttute a quorum for the transacton of busness of the Commsson, and a majorty of the members of the Commsson shall decde any queatlon before t, and that decson shall be bndng on the Commsson. s_z,upoulau.latnuf ha No Commssoner, electon offcer or any employee of the Electons Commsson shall be a member, or an afflate of any poltcal party, or of an assocaton or organzaton; nor shall any Commsson, electon offcer or any employee of the Electon Commsson canvaas for any electve publc offce drectly or ndrectly. Before assumng offce, each Commssoner, electon offcer and every employee of the Electons Commsson shall solemnly subscrbe to an Oath renouncng allegance to, and severng a11 connectons, affllaton and relatonshp wth ha/her own, or any other poltcal party durng hr/her servce or tenure wth the Commsson..!,

13 6 Uz,s,JBuouneroLnna Members of the Commsslon, Electons Offlcers and all other employeer of the Electons Commsson shall each receve legtlmate honorarlum,and actual end all necessary trmvel1,lng end other expenrer ncurred by them n the performance of ther dutes n accordance wlth budgetary approprlatlonr durlng thelr tenure wth the Commlrslon. s~~,,ss~lol_thn~~lqn* The seat. of the Commsson shall be located n the Naton's Chplta, and sub-branches throughout the Country accordng to the number of countes. s * a. l C ~ n r r ~ Q R ~! n L rsan, ~ ~ h U ~ ~ ~ Members of the Commlsclon shall be accorded Pollce Protecton bur ng the r tenure. Uz,PLQQWCLARdRULLL The Electons Commrslon, as an autonomous agency of Government, tndependent of any branch of the Government, shall have the followng powers and 4utesr To admnster and enforce a11 laws relatve to the conduct of electons throughout the Republc of Lbera. To organze the offce of the Electlonr Commlsrlon n manner ar may be necessary and praotcable for the effectlve operaton of the Comrnrrlon. To propore to the Natlonal Leglrlature for enactment, amendment to, and repeal of, any provron of the Elect on Law. To glve accredtaton to, and regrter a11 polltcal part er and ndependent candldater who meet the mlnlmum reglrtraton rcqurementr lad down by the Commlrrlon, by whlch authorlty they may exerclrs polltcal franchlrc under revelant provlrlonr of the CanrtLtuton. Upon objsctlona made by any perron or group of perron, the Electlons Commtrrlon may reject, and f already reglatered, revoke the csrtlftcate 02 aocred~atlon of rald party or ndependent canddate, rubjecthappeal to the Supreme Court of Ltberla. The ~revocatlon of the applcaton of any propored polt'tlcal party for rccredltatlon as a full-fledged polltlcal party shall be predcated upon the followtng actorr: '

14 1) Where a proposed poltcal party or an ndependent canddate retans, organzes, trans or equps any person or group of persons for the use or dsplay of physcal force or coercon n promotng any objectves or nterest, or arouse reasonable app,rehenson that they are so organzed, trrned or equpped, or.jy reason of ther ams, or conduct or the behavor of ther adherents, seek to mpar or abolsh the free democratc socety of Lbera, or to endanger the exstence of the Republlc, or whose tendency 8nd behavor are nconsstent wth the free democratc process of the Republc. () To revoke the regstraton and accredtaton of an already legal party only upon the judcal determnaton of court of competent jursdcton, n accordance wth due process. (g) (h) Conduct all clectlons for electve publc offces ncludng the cheftancy electon and all referanda and declare.the results thereof. Formulate and enforce gudelnes controllng the conduct of all electons for electve publc offces whch gudelnes shall not be nconsstent wth the Provsons of the Consttuton and the Electons Law. (1) n consulteton wlth the Prerdent of Lbera and such other approprate offcals of government nppont a11 such offcals and employees as may be necessary for the effectve perormance of the dutes and functons of the Comn s s on. (1) n consultaton wth the approprate local off~clmlo, appont electons offcers n the poltcal sub-dvsons of the country who shall pcforrn thelr dutes under the drecton and supervson of the Commsson and n accordance wth the provsons of ths ttle. (k) Mantan a regster of all qualfed voters whch shall be subject to nspecton under the provrlon of ths ttle. (1) Establsh consttuences n every poltcal sub-dvson and re-spport on the same when deemed necesrary and expedent n accordance wth populaton fgure. (m) Malntnn a regster of the Consttuton, Artcle of ncorporaton and Rules of a11 polltcal partes mnd ndependent canddates and ther organzatons and any amendment thereto. 7.

15 (n (r Screen all canddates. ~ r electve publc offce and accredlt ther canddacy. and/or reject the candldacy of anyone who s not qualfed under ths tltle and the gudelnes lad down by the Commsson. Prescrbe the knds of records to be kept by all poltcal partes and ndependent canddates and ther organzatons and the manner n whch they hall be kept, Examne nto and audt, or cause to be audted, the fnanc,al transactons of a11 poltcal partes and ndependent canddates and ther organzatons by a chartered publc accountant who shall not be 'a member of any poltcal party or the organzaton of any lndependent canddate. Be the sole judge of all contests relatng to the electon r.esuts, and the accredtaton of all successful members who have been duly elected as Presdent, Vce Presdent, Members of the Natonal Legslature, Paramount, Clan and Town Chefs and Cty Mayors wth ther Common Counclmen. Appeal from the decson of the Commsson n any electon contest shall le before the Supreme Court taken n accordance wth the provsons of ths Ttle relatng to electon contests. * Submt annual report to the Natonal Legslature and the Presdent of Lbera on the general operaton of the Commsson. Perform such other dutes and functons as may be provded by law. Conduct all electons for publc offces ncludng the cheftancy electon, and all referenda and declore the results thereof. Formulate and enforce gudelnes controllng the conduct of all electons for publc offces whch gudelnes shall not be nconsstent wth the provsons of the Consttuton and the Electons Law. Upon the nomnaton of the Presdent, and wth the consent of the Senate, the k2ommsson shall commsson upon drectves of the Presdent, all such offcals and em-. ployees as may be necessary for the effectve performance of the dutes and functons of the Commrslon. To ssue ctaton for the appearance before t of any poltcal party or ts leaders, or other persons n connect on wth any complant cognzable before t to ssue subpoenas for the purpose of obtanng wtnesses n

16 1!! t (X 9 any hearng, ncludng auquneaan,a~frl~lllraa~u~~ and ~u~pnrnar,durr,re~um; to Punsh for contempt for any obstructon or dlsobedlence of ts orders n an amount not le81 than twenty-fve ($25.00) dollars or not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00). To revoke thc~certflcate of Accredltrton of any poltcal party, or to mpose a fne of not less than one thousrnd dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than ten thousand dollars (SlO.OOO.00). accordlng to the gravlty of the offcnse.comnltted or both. SUB-MAPTERA: Q s r r l. E s - o p ~ A N D _ o o - c H A R M A b l : ~ c h A k & l A P * The Chalrman of the Electon8 Cornmlrrlon shmll have the follawlng 8pecal dutles and functons: (a) Be the offlclal head and spokeaman of the COm88lOn; (b) Prcsldes over a11 mrctlngs and herrng8 of eleotlons conter t 8 8 (e) For the purpose of expedltng the hearngs and determlnrtlon of a11 electlon offcnrer; and other burloerr of the Colllpplrron shall apportlon the Bepubllc nto flvc (5) Bdmlnatratlve are88 and -rrrgn a,commsrlon to an area who shall, n coarultatlon wth the Commtrrloner en banc, drect and rupervse a11 elwtlon actlvltles n hlr area of arsgnment ncludng the hearng and determlnatlon of electon offenrer arlslng therefrom whlch determlnatlon havlng been prevously.approved by the Commlrslon shall be fnal. (d) Controlr, rupervlrer and drect8 the admlnlrtratlve operrtlon of the offce of tha Eloctlons Comrlsrlon and n consultaton wlth the Commlrrlonors, taker such correctlve admlnrtratvc mearurer for tbe smooth and effectfvc operatloo of the Electon Canl$SlOn. a u~~uasmrmm The Co-Chalrman 8h.11 be the prlnalpal arrlrtant to the Cbetrman la tbe over-all operatloo of the offlco of the Blectlonr Cormplrrlon. He aha11 perform a11 rucb other dutes ar may*be arrgoed hm by the Chalrman and act n hlr abranao. There shall be entabllrhed n the offlce of the Eleatooa Comrplaroo, a Legal Sectton whch rha1.1 bo the legal arm of - t he. copmlrrlon..

17 10 ' S_-2,13;--CQmQQs~np; The Legal Secton shall be composed of two (2) lawyers who shall serve as legal counsels to the Commsson, one of whom shell be apponted as Senror Legel Counsel who shall be head of the Secton; thcre shall be also two (2) legal research offcers and such other employees as the Commsson shall deem necessary Cor the effectve operaton of t,he Commsson. S,2~l~~,,QURlflCRtl~~~ Except B research offcer who may be an Attorney-at-law, anyone apponted as legal counsel must be a qualfed lawyer and a Counselor-at-law, and must have practced for not less than fve (5) years pror to hs/her appontment. ~ Z ~ ~ ~ P n a r r n e a ~ n n ~ ~ ~ U L e * Upon consultaton wth the Chef Justce of the Supreme Court of Lbera and the Mnster of Justce, the Commsson shall nomnate and wth the consent of the Presdent of Lbera, appont legal ' 1! ' ' ( apponted by the Commsson on the bass of ther Cvl Servce quallfcatons.and shall serve at the pleasure of the Commsson. L,2JButsnadSuarllnns, The Legal Secton of the Commsslon shall have the followng Cunctons and dutes: (a) represent the Commlsslon before the Supreme Court of Lbera n any electlons ltlgatjonr, or otherwse; (b) advse the Cornmsson on a11 legal matters when 80 - r equ red ; (c) submt to the Commlarlon a Wrtten legal oplnlon on any queston of legal lmpllcatlon when so requred3 and (d) perform such other legal dvter relatng to the admlnlstratlon of the Electons Law ea may be requred by the Comas8lon. There s hereby establshed n the offloe of the Electon8 Commlsson a.dlvlslon of Adma8tratoo to lnclude thore eactons already provlded for n thls Ttle, whch mhjll be rub-dlvlded nto admlnlstratlve nectlonr as may be necearary for the effectve performance of the dutlea and functons of the Commlsslon. + _._._

18 11 ~2,18;,41YaAQnaL-tcap, The Admnstratve Dvson of the Commsson shall be headed by en Executve Drector who shall be the prncpal admnlctratlve assstant to the Charman n the over-all admnlstratwe actvtes and operaton of the offce of the Electons Commlsson. He shall be responsble for the general admnstraton of the offce of the Electlons Commsson and'asslsted by a corp of staff members who shall be the head of each secton of the admlnlstretlve dlvlson as may be establshed n the dlvlron. The Sectonal heads shell be amenable to the Executve Drector for the effectve and smooth operaton and functons of the Electons Commsson. ~2,19~~ARQna~mr~~,aa~~~nuLmr. The Presdent shall nomnate, wlth the consent of the Senate, appont an Executve Dlrectorr He shall aarve at the pleasure of the Presdent. S2,211r_Oua WratnnA A person apponted to the post of Executvetlve Drector shall be a Lberlan Ctzen and a holder of n degree n Admnlstratlon or ts, equvalent wth not less then Zve (5) years of experence n Admlnfrtraton. s - 2. The Executve Drector shall have the followng dutles 8nd functons: (a) (b) have charge of the general admnstratve supervson Of the offce of the Electons Commsson under the drecton of the Commsson; Serve as Secretary to the Commlsslon; attend t8 delberaton8 nnd keep mlnutes of ts transacton; (c) Keep and preserve the records of the Comnlsson (d) Drect and supervse the works of the admlnlrtratlve aect ons and the local off ces of the Commlsson n the countles and be responslble and accountable to the Commlaaon for the affectve and smooth operaton of the dvlslon; and, (e) Perform auch other dutlea and functons an may be requred of hm by the Comnlsslon.

19 ! '! a.1 *.' UEAXCER n: 12 ELECTlWSQEElCEBS SLrtne2~~:aonnn~enl_nf~l~cll0111~~~~ Electons Offlcers shall nclude Electon Mglstrates, Clerks of Wrlts, Regstrars, Sherffs, Poll Clerks, Judges and such other Poll Workers apponted by the Commlsslon n accordance wlth the provlson of sectlon 2.9 ( ) who shall carry out the dutles assgned them by the Commsson and by the provlson of ths Ttle n connecton wth the Regstraton of Voters or the holdng of Electon. Srcln~,2S;--CLerk-n~Ll~ AClerk of Wrts and an Assstant Clerk of Wrts shall be appolnted by the Commsson n accordance wth provson of ths ttle. Wrts for all electons shall be ssued by the Clerk and returned to hm. The Asssrant Clerk shall assst the Clerk of Wrts n the performance of hs dutes and act n hs rbsence. The Clerk of Wrts shall perform such other dutes as may be assgned to hm by the Commss' SEUh - ~aesllales-qf-elesllqn~~ the n accorda Commsson t u > wth ts y the / Provson D s t of r Secton c t.9 () of ths as ttle many Magstrates of Electons as shall be necessary, who shall serve as lason between the Commsson and the CountydDstrct they represent n respect of all Electon actvtes wthn ther County of asslgnment. Each such Magstrate shall comply wth all general as well as specal nstructons ssued to hm by the Commsson. A Magstrate of Electons shall have power and functons wthn hs area of jursdcton to hear and determne objectons of Voters regstraton clams and to the contnuaton of dsqualfled Voters on the regstraton rolls, end upon a proper showng, to order the renstatement upon the regstraton rolls of names of qualfed Voters struck off by mstakes. Magstrates of Electons shall have power and jursdcton n the frst nstance to hear and determne a11 electon offense n whch the penalty provded s not more than fve hundred ($500.00) dollars. n all other offenses, the Commsson shall have orgnal admnstratve jursdcton subject only to judcal revew by the Supreme Court of Lbera. SEUAQn~2,2~1QR~h_nL(ll~rslEle~ Each Magstrate, before assumng such offce, shall make and subscrbe to an oath before the Charman of the Commsson or hs Comqssoner desgnee for the fathful dscharge of hs dutes. Such persons apponted as a Regstrar of Voters, a Sherff, a Clerk and other Poll Workers, before assumng such offce, shall make and subscrbe to an oath before the Magstrate of Electons to perform fathfully the dutes of such offce n accordance wth the provsons of ths ttle. Such oath shall be fled n the offce of the Commsson.

20 13 ~2,2h-lnelelPl~r-T~al~Qffc~as~lsc~ans~ff~Ls~ No canddate and/or person holdng any offcal poston n connecton wth any poltcal organzaton or Electons Commttee shrjl be apponted 8% Electons Offcer by the Commsson; any Electons Offcer who knowngly becomes a canddete, or who s elected, apponted or otherwse becomes an offcal of any poltcal organzaton or Electons Commttee ahall be consdered to have automatcally vacated hs electon offce and dealt Wlth under the provlslons of thls ttle. S L E L ~ U n u S L L c s u. Each Electons Offcer rhal be pad honorarum of ruch amounts as may be prescrbed by budgetary appropraton from tme to tme for dutes rctually performed. - s 2-28: Pavmcnt of The honorarum of Electontonr Offcers apponted by the Commlsaon and a11 other publc expenrer arrng from electons, shall be approved by the Ch0rm.a of the Conmcaon and rhall then be prld n accordance wth rtandard procedure for drbursement. Any Commrrloner, Electonr Offcer OT employee of the Electons Commrron, before arsumng the dutrr and functonr of h8 offce 8hAl1'8ubacrbe the followng oath whch rhall be fled n tbe offco of the Presldent of Llbera n case of a Commrsoner, and n the offce of the Electonr Commrron, n case of Electonr Offcerr, ofclalr or employeer SOLEMNLY SWEAR (AFFRJd TUT 1 WLL TRULY AND FATHFULLY EXECUTE AND PERFORM THE DUTES OF AND WLL UPHDLD, PmECT AND SUPPORT 'le CONSTlTUTONOFTHEREPUBL1COFLBERAANDALLLAWS TOTHE BESTOF MY ABLTY, AND THAT, AS OF TODAY'S DATE, AND DURNG MY TENURE, 6LELNQUSH MY ALLEGANCE TO THE POLTCAL PABTY OF WHCH WAS A MEMBER OR A SUPPORTER, AND WLL N NO MANNER OR POm, PDERTA(B 10 DO ANYTXNG LLEGAL N THE NTEREST OF SAD PAR= OR ANY OTElER PARTY WHCH MGHT TEND TO SUPPORT SAD PARTY AND UNDERMNE THE PAnpUL DSCWKE OF THE DUTES AND RESPONSBLTES OF MY OFFCE,.. 1

21 14 Every ctzen of Lbera who has attatned the age of eghteen (18) years or older, may reglster as a voter except one who has been, judcally declared to be ncompetent or of unsound mnd or who has: been dsfranchsed as a rerult of convlctlon of an nfamour crme. and has not been restored to cltlrenshp. Every voter shell be ellowed to vote only n the constltuency where. he/she s regstered. Not later than two (2) weeks, before the frst day of reglstratlon, the Commsslon--s%ablcly advertse by prlnted notcea n newspapers where feasble, by posters, placerda and by rrdlo and televson broadcast and by any meens, the Jlstr of the locaton of, places for regsteraton centers n the local comnuntles nvolved.! SeRCnlstratlnn: The offces of the Electons Maglstrrte n each county or places so, deslgnated shall be opened for Regstraton of Voters as may be' prescrbed by the Commsson. b. R:!? s 3.4: Regstraton Rolls shall be kept, n e form prescrbed by th Cornmsston and among other thlngs, shall contaln the famfly name and gven name, resdence, and sex 01 each voter. The namer shall, be numbered n regular progressve arthmet.ce1 order,,.commenong, wth number one (1). ',a (1) Each. voter, after hs/her name has been entered OQ the reglrtraton roll, shall be glven a reglrtratlon card b-y the regstrar. The card shall contan partcular&.of fbe voter'r name and the county/dl a t r 1 c t, con8 t 1 tuency, reglstrat on center end roll number. (2) n the event of loss or destructon-of 'the regrtratlon card, and after proof has been establshed, the reglstrar rhell ssue e new card for a mlnmum fee 01 11ve ($5.00) dollars to be pald n the nternal Revenue.

22 15 ~3,6:BnlLTn-~e_~raL~ntPublrlnmrrlnn~ The general regstraton roll for each regstraton center shall be opened for publc nspecton at the offce of the Magstrate of Electons wthout n fee on any day n a week durng the hours the offce s opened. A copy of each roll may be kept at such other places as the Commsson may desgnate for publc nspecton. S~_9~Z,~nn~Cnmnlanse~l~~~ersLktO-Enrms~Khch~KLL_Pnlllff~sL YuldL~-nf-BnlLs_nn94lher-ElecLnn-QQc~enlr~ No regsraton roll or other electon document shall be nvaldatcd on thc ground that t s not prnted or because of any error made n the copyng or prntng thereof. S-3,B-,~u~l~Qffsr~r~T~~Eu~nsh~~nfa~~~nn~ All publc offcers n the servce of the government, nll offcers n the servce of any local governng body, are hereby authorzed and requred to furnsh the Commsson'or any Electons Offcer, all such nformatons as may be requred to enable the Commsson or any such Electons Offcer to prepare or revse the regstraton rolls. st,p,qlhrleersnnsslqd-kh~~nfql~n~qn~r~e~ga~le9 For the purpose of preparng any regstraon roll or ensurng the regstraton of any voter on a regstraton roll, the Commsson or n regstrar or any person authorzed for ths purpose by the Commsson, may requre any person to answer any queston or furnsh any returns or fll n and sgn any clam wth regard to such regstraton. Every person to whom any queston shall be put under ths secton, shall truthfully and to the best of hs knowledge and belef, comply wth any requrement made of hm under ths sect on. ~,S~lP~--BegulnLnns-fQL-~~~~nL~LQn-nf~Qlls The Commsson may by regulaton ether general or applcable to any partcular roll, specfy the method of preparaton and prescrbe the Rules and Regulatons to be observed n regard thereto. S U ~ ~ ~ E B, - C _, Y E B l E l ~ T l Q ~ ~ R l T l Q ~ ~ ~ R - ~ ~ ~ E ~ ~ ~ ~ S - ~ - ~ E - BEGlSTBBTlQNBQLL S,,S*ll_-ClamslQr~egsLLRLQn (1) A clam s a wrtten,applcaton for regstraton as a Voter, New names may be added to the approprate roll by a regstrar of electons pursuant to clams, whch shall be made n the prescsrbed form sgned by the clamant n the presence of and wtnessed by, a Regstered Voter and fled wth the regstrar

23 16 of electons who keeps the roll on whch the clamant seeks to be regstered. A clem must contan n f u l l the surnurnc and.- 7

24 Any voter may object to the contnuance of a name on the Regstraton Roll by reeaon of nellgblty or death of the voter. Such objectton shall be submtted on the prercrbed form to the Regrtrar of Electons who rhall transmt t tch the Magrtrate of Elcctlonr for revew. The Magrtrate of Electon8 rhall ulthln.thrty (30) days, determne the valdty of the objectlon and rhall gv~ fubte-otcc wthn the localty of hs flndnga. A copy of a11 fndlngs ahall be lmmedlately forwarded to the Commrrlon who shall after ts revew cause the roll to be amended accordlngly. S : Q b & y An objecton to the regstraton of person whose name has been added to a regstratlon roll aa a regstered voter may be made by a Regstrar of Electons or by any other peraon or votar and d.rpored off n the tame-form and manner aa provded n Secton 3.15 supra. When the name of the same voter appears on more than one (1) Reglrtratlon Roll, or more than once la the rame reglstratlon roll, the Comm1rslon shall order the removal of every such name except the correct name on the proper Reglstratlon RO1. Al- a bv n addlton to the powers of alteraton conferrod under ths ttle, Reglrtratlon Roll8 my be altered by a Regrtrar.of Elect!onr.,\ (1) By correctng any obvous mstake oor omrslon, but at to the extent of wholly removng a name from the reglrtratlon roll; and (2) By re-nstatng a name prevourly struck off by orders of the Com s on. u u.no Regrtraton Ro ll may be altered wthn the thlrty (30) days perod mmedately prlor to an electon, ncludng Electlon Day, except upon order of the Honourable Supreme Caurt of Lbera on the determnatlon of a manfest error. s.3-20: Altcra LmLQu- Alteratons of Regstraton Rolls shall be made n ruch manner that orgnal wrtng, or prntng shall not be oblterated or altered. The reason for the alteraton, the date thereof,and such reference to authorty, as may be deemed necessary, shall be set aganst the alteratlon together wth the ntals of the person authorzed to make the alteraton... _, 0.

25 ~~~~ ~~~~QLELECTLQHSL t 18 ' ) %! S ~l,_blame~nf4enensedsrlann~rrr-18_yenlr~tn-be~urn~hed RY-Thr-MnrlrrQfltenl~h~~~n~nl-K~lfnLs; Every County Health Center shall by ts Regstrar of Brths, Deaths, and Burals send to the approprate Magstrate of Electons n December of each year, a lst n a prescrbed form contanng the names and addresses and ages of all persons who are eghteen (18) years of age or over whose death has been regstered n the preceedng year, together wth the deceased Voter's Regstraton Card. S-9,22~--Clerks,nf~nn~hl~an~-E~n~nle-~~Ln~h~~es ~f,~errnns,llud~snll~~re~lnled~lnnnmqel~n~~f~nsnund-m~nd Thc Clerk of the Monthly and Probate Court n any county or d.strct shall furnsh or send to the approprate Magstrate of Electons, upon adjusdcaton, the names and addresses of all persons who have been. judcally declared ncompetent or of unsound mnd together wth the ncompetent voter's card prevously obtaned before such declaraton or decree by the court. s 1, 2 t ~ ~ a m e s n ~ s f r M ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u ~ h ~ h r MnslruLllusrcr; The Mnster of Justce shall send to the Commsson annually, n the month of December, a lst contanng the names and the addresses of all persons judcally convcted and sentenced for a dsfranchsable offense and whose ds-enfranchsement contnues. He shall also furnsh along wth the lst, the Regstraton Cards of all such persons ~ r l p ~ ~ 9 n B s e S ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ e m p y e ~ L UsoualfcnLnn Any person whose name s removed from a Regstraton Roll because he/she was judcally declared ncompetent or of unsound mnd or because he/she was convcted and sentenced for an offense dsfranchsng hm as a voter, when no longer dsqualfed and restored to ctzenshp, may have hs name added to a Regstraton Roll by re-regstraton or by makng a clam n accordance wth the Provsons of Secton 3.11 of ths ttle. 3, * -4.1; V R u n g l ULLntLLS (1) The Commsson shall descrbe and AS far as practcable, delneate on a map the votng precncts n each consttuency. (2) The number of regstered voters n every precnct shall be approxmately equal, and unless the Commsson n any partcular case so determne, the number of regstered voters n any precnct shall not exceed one thousand (1000).

26 ) The Commsson shall desgnate Pollng Places n each consttuency to serve the votng precncts. A change of Pollng Place after due desgnaton, may be made by the Commsson or gvng at least forty-eght (48) hours notce to the voters affected thereby. Pollng Places shall have separate compartments constructed so as to protect each voter from observaton whlst makng hs ballot.papers. Each Pollng Place shall be provded wth a ballot box or boxes, whch shall have a lock and key and a cleft for recevng the ballot papers. The Commsson shall make arrangements for the lst of pollng places to be publshed not less than ten (10) days before the electon and shall take all necessary steps to ensure that voters are made aware of the locaton of the varous pollng places bef-ore the electon. Each Pollng Place shall be dentfed to the publc by a sutable notce or other means. There shall be a sherff of the Poll apponted to presde at the votng and countng at each pollng place who shall be asssted by other clerks where necessary. U_,tL-ElecLnn-YfrLs~ 1) Wrts shall be n the prescrbed form and shall specfy: (a) (b) The date of the electon; the last date for nomnaton of canddates by poltcal partes and nomnaton of ndependent canddates; and, (c) the date for return of the electon wrt, wth the results of the several electons wthn the county/dstrct endorsed thereon. Such date to be not later than fve (5) days after. electon. 2) Upon drectyes of the Commsson, the Clerk of Wrts shall ssue wrts for each electon not later than nnety (90) days pror to the tme prescrbed for the electon. Such wrts shall drect the Magstrate of Electons for each county/dstrct n accordance wth the provsons of ths ttle and the regulatons and nstructons of the Commsson. 1.L.4:DYLY-Q~BgSLLBLL,Qf~lL~LAQnS 1) Subject to any drectons gven by the Commsson, the Magstrate of Electons shall on recept of the wrt, endorse thereon the date of ts recept, and shall make all necessary arrangements for holdng of the electon....

27 ao (2) The Magstrate of Electons may. wlth the approval of the Commsslon, appont a deputy or deputles to act speclally or generally, or for a partcular conrtltuency, who shall heve the authorty to perform ell the dutes of the Magstrate.of Electons or such dutes as are specfcally descrbed and subject to auch lmtatons as are mentoned n the nppolntment. ' (3 The Magstrate of Electons shall take such steps as mny be drected by the Commlsson to nform the poltcnl partes, ndependent canddates and the voters of: (a) '(b) (c) (d) The dates by.whlch acts have to be done, nomnatons made, or otherwse as requred by thr ttle the tlme-table for the electoral procers; the general arrangements for takng the poll, countng the ballots and declarng the result of the poll; and, generally, as to the conduct of the electon and the dutles of partes and canddates. (4) The Magstrate of Electons shall n accordance wth any drectlve from the Comnsson: (a) (b) furnsh the approved pollng places end provde each one wth a ballot box or boxes; provde each pollng plttce wth the necessary ballot papers prepared n the prescrbed form8 and furnshed by : the Coranlsson. (c) admnlstcr the oath to a11 persons tervlng n the polls; and, (d) arrange for the poll and the count and the declaraton of the results wthn hs countyldstrlct. u- es (1) Any polltcal party whlch has been regstered by the Cornmbrton oh811 send to the Commaron a lst of the eandldater who wll rtand for electon to the several electlve offces n the several consttuences. (2) The lst shall be accornpanled by a statement by each candldate of hs lntenton to rtand as a canddate and hls wlllngners to accept offce f elected. (3) The llst shall be racclved by the Commlrrlon not later than. eght (8) week. before the electon.

28 21 - (4) Should any canddate on the lst de after the llst has been fled and after the ballot papers have been prnted, the poltcal party concerned may nomnate another,canddate and an?' votes gven for the deceased canddate shall be tr:sferred to and regarded os cast for the nomnated ca;::dale. Any such nomnated canddate shall fle n stazment wth the Commsson as requred by paragraph two (2) heren when hs name s submtted. (5) Any ndependent canddate who has been regstered by the Commsson shall send to the Commsson a notfcaton of hs canddature by means of a petton on the prescrbed form, together wth a statement of hs wllngness to accept offce f rlected. L,Ll;-,EmQltms Any sepurete nnd dstnct emblem shall be selected by each organzed poltcal party and by each ndependent canddate to represent such party or canddate. The selectedtemblcm shall be notfed to lhc Commsson at the lme of regstraton of the party or the canddate. The Commsson may reject any emblem whch s so confused thereby. ~--~*~~--~UllQL-~a~SKS~ (1) Ballot Papers shu11 bc n u' form to be prescrbed by the Commsson. who stull orrunre to prnt and ssue them for the polls. (1) Thc Ballot Papers shell nclude the names of canddotes n alphabetcal order of surname, the name of the party, and the selected emblem. Dfferent coloured ballots may be provded for electons to dfferent electve offces. = S-LR-Thg-EQllSL (1) The Sherff for each votng precnct shall be present at the Pollng Place wth the regstraton roll for the precnct. (2) The Poll shall be opened from eght o'clock n the mornng untl sx o'clock n the evenng.... -,. -.. (3) Before any vote s cast the Sherff shall exhbt the ballot box empty, and shall then lock t. (4) The Commsson shall prescrbe regulatons consstent wth thc followng whch n ts opnon wll portray farness Of the electon: 1 (8) (b) markng of the hands of the voters; the producton and markng of the regstraton cards;

29 22 (c) the marklng of the regls (d) er; and, such other matters as a e necessqry for the securty of the poll, for the.preventon of electlon offenses and for mantanng of secrecy. S4.9:ugxcnWYes.-atPollnUPlace To ensure a fgr and mpartal democratc electon: (1) Any regstered poltcal party or any ndependent canddate may appont a representatve to attend any polllng place wlth suffcent dentfcaton, n any constltuency n a votlng precnct n whch the party has nomnated candldates or n whch the ndependent canddate s canddate. A y such appontment $hall be made n a form to be prescrbed by the Commsson and B copy thereof shall be sent to the Magstrate of Elect!ons not later than two (2) weeks before the electon. (2) Any party representatve or representatlve of an ndependent canddate attendng any pollng place shall not speak to any vot'ers; shall not attempt to see how a voter cast hs vote; and shall obey all lawful nstructons from the sherff of the Pollng Place. UQUd saueallhgl!h w No one other than the electons offcers, the party representatves apponted under paragraph 2, Secton 4.9, or members of the Polce Force on duty at the pollng place, and voters votng or about to vote shall bq permtted to enter or reman n a pollng place dur ng the. pol 1 ng. s*ll?~h~~nmbgg!rheenllr~ At the openng of the polls, the ballot box shall be opened and presented to the publc ncludng representatves of poltcal partes and/or ndependent canddates for nspecton. After t has been confrmed that the box s completely empty, t wll be locked and dsposed n opened vew of the publc. The serlal number of any ballots ssued shall be recorded by the clerk on the Tally sheet. s L S. r b e - C h S u f XhLEQllS Followng the close of the poll, the Sherff shall n the presence of representatves of partes or canddates apponted under secton 4.9 and 4.10: (a) (b) Cause the clerk to tabulate the total votes cast; Cause the tabulated regster to be made n trplcate sgned by the Sherff, hs clerk, the representatves of poltcal partes and/or ndependent canddate(s). FUW 7 2 w k-r *'.... _.. -.

30 23-1.c & The orlgnal copy ahall be nserted nto the ballot box, locked and sent to the Commrron through the Magstrate. A dupllcatc shall be sent to the Maglrtrate of Electons and the thrd copy shall be kept by the Sherlff of the Poll. (c) Cause the ballots cast to be tbbulated wlh the recorded aeral numbers. (d) 1 -on. All ballot papers cast at the electon, shall, other than ballots, be placed n the ballot box; and, seal the ballot box and' forward t to the (1) Ballot papers shall be dsallowed and ncluded n the number of queston ballots n the followng crcumstancea; (a) f there s no mark n favour of any canddate on the front of the ballot paper; (b) f the voter has voted for more than one (1) canddate for the same post; (c) f there s any wrtng, sgnature or words on theballot paper other than a mark for a canddate; and, (d) f the poston of the mark for the canddate on the ballot paper s such that t s not clear as.for whch canddate the voter ntended to vote.. (2 The Sherff shall consult wth the p)rty representqtlver present at the count before dsallowng any vote under there provsons... '. (3) The questoned ballots shall be reparatsly parcelled,'and the number of votes n each category whch have been- rejected, be notfed to the Magstrate of Electons.,. s4,14:npnrsemen~.,qlelerrqns~allu;. When the Magstrate of Electons has receved or been notfed of the tally of the votes cast at each pollng centex qaccordance wth the regstrar prepared after the tally at pollng places, he shall total ell the votes cast n each consttuency and endorse each tally. He and not later secton 4.3 of of otherwse of the tally. The Commlrson. shall collect all the tabulated consttuency receved from the Magstrates; coun announce the returns of the electons not later days after the day of electon.

31 24-1. * / L4dEldLs- llllnjlorrlze1rtmlnrp; All electons of publc offcers shall be determned by an abrolute majorty of the votes cst. f no canddate obtans an nbsolute majorty n the frst ballot, a second ballot ahall be conducted on the second Tuesday followng. The two canddates who receved the greatest number ol votes on the frst bnllot shall be desgnated to partcpate n'the run-off electon and the candldate who then obtnns a malorty vote shall be declared elected. ScJfLPrrrcruatlaQPL,Bblrn Tbe Commsson rhn1l.preserve a11 wrltt arued for electon, and a11 ballota cart and regrter of votes made n an electon untll the valdty of auch electon and ta result can no longer be dlaputed. The ballot papers may then be destroyed.. ; 1,!., J LA*l- Except one who bar been judcal y declared to be ncompetent or of unsound mnd,or whohar beenbarred from votng as e rerult of ha convcton and mprronmsnt for an nfamous crme whch dlslranchlreb hm 85 a voter and har not been restored to full ctzenshp, a *Llbcrlan vote et nny electon n whch he/the s regrtere he/she producer avalld regstralon card n conrttuency. SL2:eWhrL To - A Lberan ctzen wth a valld Regstraton Card other than nn electon for the Presdent or Vce Presdent where a voter may vote n any consttuency n the Country, or for a Senator where e voter may vote n any consttuency n the Country, a regstered voter shall vote only n the consttuency n whch he r relstered; for muncpnl electon only regstered voters n the munclpalty; for Paramount cheftancy electons, only reglrtercd voters wthn the chefdom; for clan cheftancy electon only regatered voters wthn the clan nnd lor general town chefs only the regsteredl voters wthn amnlgamnted towna. U * U S a U An employer ahell allow an employee leave of absence for reasonable perod as s necesrary to enable the employee to ny electon dny wthout any penalty or deducton of pay, f th followng condtons are met. (a) The employee aotlfles the employer before the day electon that he dtares such leave of abrence; and

32 25 '!! (b) Such leave of absence s necessary to enable the employee to vote end thnt he returns to work on the day specfed for hs return to work. s~:vnll~n,eersnn,lpg~~at~q~rer: Every person offerng to vote at n pollng place n any votng Precnct durng any electon shall stnte hs full name and produce hs regstraton card. f ao requested by the Sherff the voter sllall state all partculnrs necessary for dentfyng hs nnme as appenrcd on the regstrnton roll under whch the Vote s clamed. The Sherff or one of hs assstants shall verfy on the regster that the voter s regstered nnd hns not alreody voted at thc partcular electaon nvolved. S-,U:sentee-YQl.ne A regstered voter who s nbsent from the Country durng an electon and Wshes to vote shall request the Commsson regstered mal for nn absentee ballot forty-fve (45) days before nn electon. Absentn votes shall be drected drectly to the Commsson by regstered mal for ncluron nto the result of the electons. UAt,Ch&lleopg& f a regstered voter s challenged by an offcer of the poll or by a representatve of n poltcal party or ndependent canddnte apponted to the poll, the snd voter shall be permtted to vote only after nvestgaton and upon ndmnstraton by the Sherff of the followng 08th: DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OF AFFRM THAT 1 HAVE NOT VOTED THS DAY AT THE ELECTON AND THAT 1 AM 'TU 'XE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE 03NSTlTVTlQNALLY AND UNDER THE ELECTONS LAW QUALFED TD VOTE. SO HELP ME m. Such oath subscrbed to by such perosn rhnll be fled wth the electon returns and shall be competent evdence aganst the subscrber upon 8 prosecuton for perjury. Any bnllot cast after the oath shall be placed n an envelope m8rked "CHALLENGED VOTE" before t s placed n a bnllot box. s Ballet; Upon recept of the olfcal ballot paper, the voter, unless he/she comes wthn the cares provded for n recton 5.8 of ths Chapter followng, shall wthout any delay, retre to an unoccuped votng compartment alone and theren prvately mark hr/her ballot paper n accordance wth the nstructons ssued by the Commrsoa and accordng to hs choce. The voter shall then fold the ballot paper forthwth and place the mame n the offcal ballot box. He/she shall then leave the pollng place., : '!.

33 :: 1., 26 1 ' 1 ~3:~~lhLQf-RnU~~ ~~s~.ance,~nllnlr~~~l~~-an~-~h~~~n~aar~atrd;. A voter who s unlettered or physcally ncapactated of votng may request an assstance of a helper to mark hs ballot n the presence of an electon offcer. The Clerk shall enter on the regster opposte the name of ruch a88lstlsd voter, the reason for such assstance. The one assstng the voter -shall retlra wlth hlm n an unoccuped compartment along wth an electon offcer and at hs drecton, help hm n the preparaton and markng of hs ballot and return the ballot paper properly folded for deposl n the offcal ballot box. 6: m- S 6.1: Plbe al 1 - '?! 1 Any poltcrl party or canddate who has justfable reason6 to beleve 'that the electons were not mpartally conducted and not n keepng wlth the Elcctlons Law, whch rerulted n hs defeat or the defeat omddate shall have the rght to fle a complant wth the Comrnlrrlon$ ruch complant must be fled not later than seven (7) days after the announcement of the results of 'the electons. Tme schedule. The Commsson upon recept of the complant of the contestant, shall wthn thrty C.30) days cte the partes; conduct an mpartal nvertgatlon, and render a determnaton as provded for n Paragraph 2 of ths recton. The determnaton shall be accompaned by a rummary of the nvestlgatlon and the reason for t. Effect of determlnrtlon. The decron of the Commlsrlon rhall. have the followng effects: (a) (b) f any person returned o declared not to be duly elected, but had already assumed such offce, shall cease to hotd suah offce; f any person not returned s declared duly elected to an, offce, he/she shall assume such offce: and, (c) f any electon s declared vold,la new electon shall be held. Q Harmlerr errors not o vltate lccton. No electon shall be declared vod on acco ny delay of nomnatons; the pollng or return of the urlt, or on acaount of the ab8ence Or. error of any offlaer whlah rball not be proved to have offooted the rerult of the electlon.

34 t T d-!! 1 (4) Brbery; undue nfluence: - effectve on electon. f at the tral of a contest. t s found that a canddate hascommtted or has attempted to commt brbery or undue nfluence, hls electon shall be declared vod. (5) No decson thet any person return was.not elected, and no decson that an electon s vod, shall be made: 21 On the ground of uny electon offense commtted by a person other than the canddete and wthout hs knowledge or consent; or, On the ground of an electon offense other than brbery or corrupton; and, Fndng nor to bar prosecuton for electon offense:- No fndng ut the tral of u contested electon shll bar or prejudce any prosecuton lor any electon offense. S~~b~3l-~e~t~~~~ra~~n,Su~~uor~C~ur~~aLLLrra,~~,C~n~r~an~ Any contestant affected by the decson of the Commsson shall hvve the rght lo appeal to the Supreme Court of Lbera not ater than seven (7) days after the decson s rendered. S,b,l;.Fln~~LBL~of,Exss~~Qas~ The contestant shall fle wth the clerk of the Supreme Court the bll of Exceptons wthn seven (7) days after rendton of decson of the Commsson and shall pay the cost of fllng the Bll of Excepton and of procurng a certfed copy thereof the same as those pud by a Plantff and/or sppellant n a cfvl act on. s6,9:llnf~senrpnscnn~~~~ (1) Content. The Bll of Exceptons shall: (a) (b) (E') state cearly and dstnctly the grounds of exceptons of the facts reled upon to reverse the declson of the Comnsson; contan a prayer for the relef sought; and, be sgned by the appealng conter'trnt. U.Ul.lLSUxsrptnn;....:*dFu Wrng the process of an electon any rregularty observed shall be noted and fled wth the Electons Commrrlon as a complant not later than fve (5) days from the date of the Electons....

35 28 S. 7 : ~lne-anbsrry~nlbllnlerreprpnr Wthn seven (7) days after the Commsson's determnaton of a contest, any contestant appealng from the.determnaton, shall fle hs bll of exceptons to the off.ce of the Clerk of the Supreme Court certfed and wth the real of the Supreme Court thereon affxed. Copy shall be furnshed the perron apparently elected or n whose favour the Commrron has decded; also servce shall be made on the Commrslon through ts Chelrman. The Commsson shall then wthn seven (7) deys of recelpt of the blll of exceptons, fle wth the Clerk of the Supreme Court, t# return serve a copy thereof on the contestnnt. --a: Remxnurau The contestant shall enter nto a recognzance to the amount 0 Fve Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars for payment of costs ncurred o the appeal wth the respect to the eleotlon of a Prerdent or Vlo Prerdent and to the amount of Three Thousnd ($3,000.00) Doller for p.ayment of costs ncurred on appeal wth rerpect to ell othe electons the amount shell be TWO Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars. s-5-9 : HULrnnndDctermnatQll,b~theSLLOt~&ULt Upon flng of brlefs by both contestents and the Commsson wth the tme allowed by ths ttle, the Clerk upon orders o! Court shall docked the proceedng on a repnrate docket calender, thur notfyng:the partes of the,essgnment for hearng argument produced by the Supreme Court en benc. Bared upod the argument produced by both partes, the Clerk upon orders of court wl notfy the partcr of the date end tme of rendltlon of fn. judgement. 11 the Supreme Court rurtens the declror) of th Commsron, the Commrson shall act to effectuate the mandate o the court.. f the Supreme Court reverser the decror, of th Commsson for whatever reason, the Commlsson rhall wlth'ln axt (60) deys,,nter judgement of the court, execute the mandete of th Suprune Court eccordngly. GArELA- s; S 7-11!dh%hkUMllvkuU As heren after provded, any ctzents), poltcel party assocaton or organzaton, beng of Lberan Natonallty o orgn, shall have the rght to contrbute to the funds an electon expenses of any poltcal party or canddate; SUO contrbuton shall be accompaned by flng wth the ElectSo Commsson such nformaton ea the source; the date of th remttance; the amount of such contrbuton and such otha nformatons necessary or requred by the Comnsson. No corporete or busnerr organlzaton end lebour unon ma Contrbute to the funds or the electlon expenses of any polltc0 party or any ndepandent canddate, and any Contrbuton made 1 volaton of ths provson shall, by the Commsson, be declare

36 29 forfeted. ~ a r m ~ t a n s e ~ _ E v n d ~ - f ~ ~ - ~ u t ~ P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l l t s A l ~AtLesn~ndrpmren~G~ndd~~:sstLP~n~ There shall be no remttance of funds or other assets to any poltcal party or organzaton, or any ndependent canddate from outsde Lbera, unless remtted or sent by Lberan Ctzens resdng abroad. Any funds or other assets recelved dlrectly or ndrectly n contraventon of ths restrcton, shall be turned over or transferred to the Commsson wthn twenty-one ('21) days Of recept' to be kept n escrow n a desgnated bank, after thorough nvestgaton has been made, such funds rhall'be turned over to the poltc@! party or organzaton or ndependent canddate to whom the money was sent f not,n contraventlon of ths restrcton. ~,t~llm~l~qflq~eles~~aexo~sss~ EXRSnSLaeaL-CRnPAPR~g~ 1. Electons expenses shall not be ncurred or authorzed by a canddate beyond the followng amounts: (a) For Presdent n excess of $2,000, (b) For Vce Presdent n excess of $1,000, (c) For a Senator n excess of $600, (d) For a Representatve n excess of S400,OOO.OO. (e) For any other electve publc offce, n excess of $75, lbpolra~qn-an~rsl~anpae; "Applcaton and Regstraton fees of asprants and canddates.for any electve publc offce shall not exceed Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars. The Electons Commssons shall n ts gudelnes and regulatons allocate such fees n accordance wth the category of the electve publc offce sought". ~ : s Q u n t o ~ n l t s a ~ g ~ R n ~ ~ ~ L hs.lul~qu~-exarlamtaqu One month followng the effectve date of ths ttle, a11 regstered poltcal partes n the country shall furnsh the Electons Commsson wth the names of the Bankng nsttutons. wth whch they mantan accounts respectvely, ndcatng the dates of the establshment of the bankng account; the account number and the names of the party offcals upon whose sgnatures funds are wthdrawn from the bank. Any regstered pol'tcal party falng to furnsh the nformaton and the nstructon requred by ths secton, shall be gulty of an 'electons offense and punshable by a lne of Fve Thousand

37 ,1 (SS,OOO.OO) Dollars. Any Bankng lnsltuton falng to provde such nformaton up0 beng duly advsed by the poltcal party and upon demand of th Commsson shall be gulty of an electon offense and punshable b a fne of not less than Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars and. no more than Twenty-Fve Thousnd ($2S,OOO.OO) Dollars. c2mmln -8,1LC+L And CQdldaLhll. Regstered poltcal partes may be allowed to merge or consoldat as provded by ths secton. ( 1). PLQCSSUUL Regstered poltcal partes wshng to merge or consoldate shal each pass a resoluton consentng to the merger or consoldatlo sgned by 2/3 of the members of the executve commttee. (2) EluaudSMerecr.nsQLdbtLpU The Executve Commttee of each regstered poltcal part proposng to partcpate n the merger or consoldaton she1 approve a plan of merger or consoldaton settng forth:. (a) The name of each consttuent regstered poltcal party; (b) Terms and condtons of th-e.proposed merger o consoldaton: (c) n case of a merger, a statement of any amendment 1 artcles of ncorporaton of the survvng regstere poltcal party to be effected by such merger, and 1 case of consoldaton, all statements requlred to b ncluded n artcle$ of ncorporaton for.a paltca -party. (3) apprnval of Uan The Executve Commttee of each consttuent poltcal party, up approvng the plan of merger or consoldaton, shall submt SU plan to the vote of the local partes n th Countes. S 8.2: ULQLM~ULS~ or After approval of the plan of merger or consoldaton by parts. of each consttuent poltcal party, the artcle of merger consoldaton shall be executed by the.executve Commttee of ea poltcal party and verfed by ts Charman, whch shall forth: J.-* 1

38 1. ' : f 31 The plan of the merger or conrolldatlon, any statement requred to be ncluded n artcle of ncorporatlon; The date when the artcle8 of lncorportlon of each consttuent polltcal party was fled wlth the Electlons Commsson, probated and.regrtered; and, The manner n whch the merger or conrolldatlon was authorzed wlth respect to each conrtltuent: poltl.cal perty. s 8-3: F ~ ~ c l c l L ~ c l ~ The artcle8 of merger or conrolldaton shall be flled wlth the Electons Commlsron n accordance wlth gude~lner lad dowa by the Commlrrlon, the rad artcles shall be accompanlod by certlflod coper of the rasolut on of each Consttuent party oonreat~ag~~~to the merger or consoldaton, the approved plan to merga"br. conroldate.and the votes taken by each conrtltuooj.-p.rly , A....- a..>..... authorlzlng the merger or consoldatlon..#. e.. ::.pfj, *...:, :.2LE.*4."t:....-P" s ' : K ~ K L A ~ ~ ~ L A S... ~.. U ~. Upon the fllng of the artlcles of merger or Con80ltdCtlO81 vlth tbo Eloctlons Commrrlon. the Commlrrton shall make rure hd be 8.t18- fled that each conctltu morgor or consoldatlo Chapter8 7 and 8 hereof. cleared of all ther ob1 shall lrrue a certlfcat party under ts name and party ks f t were orlg.-a* A>,..- - t ~ D s s n l u t n n - n L S n 1 l S ~ ~ ~ L ~ ~ (1) A poltcal party whch has a perpetual exlrtenae accordng to ts artcles of ncorporaton, shall have the rlgbts to be dlsrolved after t has falled at leart two rucoorrlvo genor.1 electons to obtaln an abrolute majorlty to wn the Presdency, provded, however, that t shell meet the followng condtons: (a)!, at a meetng of ts Executve Commttee, two tblrd (2/3) of the members vote on the proposal to dlssolve by consentng that the d8rolutlon shall take plaoe. A certfed copy of such resolutlon shall be flled wlth the Electons Comrnlsslon along wth the Art1cle:s of D ssol u t on : ,..t.... L

39 , ' 32 (b) Flng wth the Commsslon, the verlfed Artcles of. Dssoluton sgned by members of the Executlve Commttee! of such party wth the address and the poston of each n the party, statng the reason for the dssoluton and the manner n whcb the dssoluton was.authorzed, the Artcles of Dlssoluton shall also be fled wth the Regstrar of Deeds for Montserrado County, n whose offce the Artcles of ncorporaton of the party were recorded. ' ~9,21~lme-~hm~ffesrLu+ d The dssoluton of a poltcal party shall become effectve only f the commsson s satsfed that such poltcal party has compled wth the requrements of sectons 7.2 through 7.4 of ths chapter and s clear of ts audts to be conducted as provded n the chapter.. 1 s9,3wdp;j~,u~4ffal~-nf-epl~cal~as~~af~~~~s~lu~nn~ (a) Cnn~oua~nn-nf,~as~Y-fns-~n~ng-u~ - A poltcal party, whether voluntarly dssolved or otherwse, shall nevertheless be contnued for the term of three (3) years from the date of such dssoluton as provded by the Assocaton Law of Lbera for the purpose of probecutng and defendng suts by or ntgnnst t, and to enable t to gradunlly settle nnd close ts busness, to dspose of and convey ts property and to dscharge ts labltes, but not to contnue the exercse of ts poltcal franchse granted under ts certfcate of accredtaton as a regstered poltcal party. L (b) XLUU~CL - Upon the voluntary dssoluton or otherwse of poltcal party, the Executve Commttee of the party shall be trustees thereof, wth full power to setle the affars, collect the outstandng debts, f any, sell aqd conveyany of ts propertes, prosecute and defend all such suts and for the payment of ts labltes and oblgatons. CHAPTER-lQ- ELEGTLQLQEEENSEL sq~:acr~qnrr~~g~alfealaare, The followng acts shall consttute malfeasance, ths chapter: (a) (b) punshable nfluencng or attempt to nfluence the results o elect on; Emttng or refusal to sgn the regster or any document whch s requred to be sgned n conne wth any electon wthout ]urt cause; -- 1 b

40 33 (c) Commttng or attempt to commt any act desgned to defect the ntenton of n voter; and, (d) Unlnwful dsclosure of any knowledge offcally ncqured touchng the vote of any voter. Any electon offcer, or any person requred to sgn..regster as provded n sub-secton (b) or who does any of the acts nbove s gulty of nn electon offense and s punshable by a fne of not more than One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars or mprsonment for not nore than sx manths or both. S ~ ~ 9 f f r a r r ~ a ~ J t L a l ~ a ~ ~ ~ s e a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A ~ ~ ~ ~ Any person who does any of the followng acts shnll be gulty of an electon offense and punshable by a fne not exceedng Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars or Sxty (60) days mprsonment or both: () (b) (c) Prntng or dstrbutng any regstraton card; Alterng any regstraton card; Usng or nttemptng to use at nny electon, a regstraton card ssued to another voter. s l a l r a L a ~ f U L 1 2 ~ ~ Q S U ; ~ Q ~ Q Q ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ T o - T h ~ e -LA Any party representntve or representatve of an ndependent canddate or any ndvdual assstng the voter dscloses any knowledge acqured n hs cnpacty as such relatng to the vote of m y voter, s gulty of an electon offense and punshable by n fne of not more than Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by mprsonment for not more thnn sx (6) months or both. S - B L k L y For the purpose of ths ttle, bkbery as nn electon ofense s where any of the followng acts s comntted: (a) Offerng or cause to be offered money or anythng of value or beneft or prornae to gve anythng of value wth ntent to nduce or nfluence any parson; electon offcer; poll worker n connecton wth an electon whch n so dong wll tend to affect the true electon resu ts; (b) Recevng money or any valuable consderaton; promse for the purpose of nfluencng any vote or cancellng or destroyng any ballot paper; ballot box; electon wrts; a sgned regster wth the ntent to defeat the electon; and, - -

41 34 (c) After close of campagn, and on the day of an electon, anyone who offers money or recever money or vrluable consderaton for the purpose of lnfluehqag the voterr to vote ornot to vote, for partlcular candlda le. Any electon offlcer, polltlcal party, or any candl,date or the agent of any candldrte or any person who doer any of there acta s gulty of an electon offense and la punlrhable by a f.na not more than Fve Thousnd ($5,000.00) Dollars or mprlsonment for not more than Flve (5) years or both. Ul,~r~nPurlnfLuenrer Any person who, n connecton wth any electon commltr or attemptr to commt any of the followng actts gulty of r)n electon offenre and punlrhable by a fne of not more than One Thourand ($1,000.00) Dollars or by mprsonment for not more than one (1) year or both. (a) Threatens any person or persons, offcers, procures,. suggests; and uses or caused to be ured any volence; or nflcts, or caused to bc lnflcted any njury, corporal punshment, damages, losses or dlradvantage on any pqrron or persons n support of r polltcal party or a canddate; or, (b) Publshes by rpoken, wrtten, or prnted words, or by sgnng whatever form or any matter lntended. or trndlng to prevent any perron or persona from the fr:.ee execcre of ther franchlre or ruch acta whch threaten, or ruggest any damage, lors or dlradvantage ether n the present or n the future, or on account of a polltlcal. party or hs poltcal opnon; or, (c) Publshes or exposes, or caueed to be publshed or exposed to publc vew, at any tme between the ssuance of an Electon Wrt and the clore of the Poll thereon1 any document wrtten or prnted matter contalnlng any untrue rtrtement, defamatory of any candldrte and calculated to nfluence the vote of any voter. ) f r ~ ~ Q * ~ ~ s ~ ~ L u ~ ~ M ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Bnrrr Any person who carres away, destroys, conceals, or mutllater, or attempt r to carry away, destroy. conceal or mutlate any ballot paper, reglater, ballot box, electon wrt, CertlfCate or returnr of any offlcal document made n connecton wlth an electon for the purpore of nvaldatng the result of ruch electon r gulty of an electon and punrhrble by a fne of Fve Thourand ($5,000.00) Dolars or by mprsonment for a perod of fve (5) yerrs or both., &, -

42 ! Any poltcal party or canddvte who ncurs any elec on expenses n excess of the lmtaton set forth n Secton 7.4 of the Electons Law. s gulty of an electon offense and s punshable by a fne of Fve Hundred ts500.00) Dollars or twenty.fve percent (25%) of the excess amount spent or whcheve s greater. s: a R U U 6 R E m Any person who falsely mpersonates another for the purpose of votng or for the purpose of securng 4 ballot paper, or who fraudulently defaces a nomnaton, ballot paper, or who forges any nomnaton; ballot or alters, or who prnts or supplles ballot papers wthout authorty s gulty of an electon offense and punshable by a fne of Fve Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars or by mprsonment for fve (5) years or both. S u n ~ P a P C L E L 6 Y u L L Any person who fraudulently placer any offcal ballot paper or other paper nto the offcal allot box, or who fraudulently takes any offcal.ballot paper out of any pollng place, 1s gulty of an electon offense and punshable by a fne of not more than Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by mprsonmeft not exceedng sx (6) months or both. ~ ~ U n L Y Q -- -LL l ~ Any person who votes or attempts to vote more than once at the same electon s gulty of an electon offense and s punrhable by a fne not exceedng Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars oc by mprsonment for not more than sx (6) months or both. s Ea1 S L S L t l ~ AWhdLMfeaton5JnpQUctons; Any person who wllfully makes L false statement n any objecton to regsteraton a clam or to any name on a regrtraton roll, or who wllfully makes a false statement n any reglstraton clam, applcaton, return or declaraton, or who sgna as the clamant on 8 clam to regster as a voter n the name of any other person, s gulty of an electon offense and punshable by a 'fne no.t to exceed the sum of Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by mprsonment for not more than sx (6) months or both. e * l L U n s s s n d dpeof ClalmhUnsl.& Any person who W tnessesgthe clam of a clamant for *regstraton or of an applcaton of an applcant to substtute a statement or qualfcaton, wthout beng personally acquanted wth the truth of the statement contaned n the clam or appllcaton or wthout ratsfylng hmself by nqulrlng from the clamant or applcant or

43 36 or otherwse that the stetements contaned n the clam or applcaton are true, s gulty of an electon offense and punshable by a fne not exceedng Ffty (50) Dollars. 1 ' 1 ' UfA9:PalLuu-Ln TWClalmolAnotherl Any perron who nducer a clamant for regrtratlon to gve hlm custody of a sgned clam for reglrtratlon for tranrmlrrlon to the approprate regstrar of electlons or who accepts much curtody upon request and fallr to transmt such clalm to the approprlate regstrar of electons wthout just cause, r gulty of an electlon offenre and punlrhable by a fne of not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. S 10.11: - w w (1) - Any person who publshes a handbll, pamphlet, notce or other advertsement relatng to an electlon, whch does not nclude promnently dsplayed name at the end thereof and addrerr of the person authorzlng or publlrhng t, 18 gulty of an electlon offense and r punlrhable by a lne of hot more than Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollarr or by mprronrnent for not more than rlx months or both. (2) Plattkutlnu - Any person who knowngly dlrtrbuter an handbll, pmmphlet, notlce or other advertremeht relatlng t an electlon publrhed n vlolatlon of paragraph (11, r gullt of an electon offenre and punlrhable by a flne of not mor than Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollarr or by mprlronment for no more than rlx monthr or both. UQA (1) Brnrrnentatxga - Any party reprerentatlve or tb reprerentatlve of an ndependent candldate accredlted to th pollng place or any person mperronatlng a repferentatve wh vlolater the provlrons of rectlon 4.0 (2), r gullty of eectlon offenre and 11 punlrhable by a fne of Threo Hundr ($300.00) Dollars or by mprlronrnent for three (S monthr. (2) Saglr-Qffcnnr; - Any person who fals to obey the lawf drecton of the Sherff or any poll worker n a polllng pla on electon day, or msconducts hmrelf by commttng a brea of peace or threat, s gullty of an electon offense and punshable by a flne of not more tahn Two Hundred ($200. Dollars or by mprsonment for not more than thlrty (30) da or by both and shall be removed from the pollng place by Sherff or by any person authorlzed by hm. (3) Ba~Eattu,nf,enlllng,~l~~~~ft~t~~elng~~~ 7 ~ n parr y ordered to be removed from a pollng place by the Sherlff any perron authorlzed by hlm on electon day for falure obey the lawful drecton8 of the Sherff or for mrconduct threat. s eulltv of an electlon offenre and punshable b flne o not-mor; than Flve Hundred 0500.OOj Dollars orlmprlronment for not more than sx (6) monthr or both.

44 31 (4) Any person who, on electon day or on any day to whch the electon s adjourned, n a pollng place 'or wthn one hundred yards thereof, canvasses for votes, or solcts the vote of any voter, or nduces any voter to vote or not to vote for any partcular canddate at the electon, s gulty of an electon offense and s punshable by a fne of not more than Fve Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by mprsonment for not more than sx (6) months or both. For the purpore of thlr recton, canvnssng for votes shall fnclude the dsplay of any T-shlrt, caps, etc. or placard, slogans, sgns, pctures, emblems etc. n connecton wth the canddature of any party or person. SfLa LAe-~UShleWthdUu; h y canddate may wthdraw from contestng an electon and notfy the Electons Commsson before brllot papers are prnted and before the electon wrts are ssued and served. SA1:d usauae~huhued Falure to serve when elected, s a serous electons offense by anyone and s punshable by a fne of not more than Fve Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars or mprsonment for a perod not exceedng fve (5) years or both. ~ u n U U n L + L u U e U W L &WaUQLQf.-Eh- s.l Falure by a canddate or a polltcal party to fle and prosecute an electon protest wthn the tme allowed by ths ttle, s a waver and ends the rghts of such canddate or poltcal party to do so. Any canddate or a poltcal party falng to take advantage of the provsons of ths tte relatng to electon contest and after the expraton of the tme allowed to do 10, resort to the dssmnaton of propaganda whch contans statements ntended to create poltcal unrest, arloyalty or rubvert the Consttuted authorty of government; or to brng the government nto dlsrapute at home or abroad; to oppose and refuse to recognze the government on account of dsagreement wth the electons results, or by commentng on the electon n any manner or form ntendng to drcredlt ts resujts to whch no contest or protest had bean fled, consttutes an electon offense for the purpose of ths ttle.,-.--.

45 38 Any cctnddele or any poltc81 party found volatng any of the canddate or poltcal party n the courts of justce or the payment of such fne for the Commsson of 'ruch electlon offense, th Electons Commsson, upon petton of the Mnlster of Justce, o on ts own motve, may revoke the certfcate of such polltca pa'rty or partes nvolved upon proof of the volatlon. s Q ~ 9,. _ c a m n r a ~ e, Q n ~ l r ~ _ c a n ~ ~ ~ ~ h ~ a d ~ a ~ ~ ~ - Eks.t.~OU&sL The flng of a protest of an Electon Contest takes from th provnce of the contestant or the polltlcal party protestlng, th matter nvolved and places t under the jursdcton of th Electlons Commsson or the Supreme Court n cnse an appeal taken. t s therefore contemptous and an electon offense o the contestant or any poltcal party or any person or.group o persons to comment n any manner or form, on the merts.of th proceedngs tendng to arouse publc' opnons; sympathy on confuson n the Lberan Socety, and whch n so dong may hav sq~q:qrullhrtanpnefh~eraallllerouqrd-topmslmsbah~;. Notwthstandng, the penalty provded n ths Secton - any suc volator may be attached n contempt and punshed accordngly. -. s_n.zl:leednqrsl~layel~hlaug~_ca~~qual~~~~h~ur~~f eu~s~arltes,bu~sal_ea~~, Poltcal partes, wthout any molestaton whatsoever by offca acton, are prvleged to travel throughout the length nnd breodt of the country to canvass for membershp or for electve pub11 offce and.to hold and conduct orderly meetngs and poltca ralles to rase funds or for any lawful purposes n the re exercse of ther poltcal franchse beng responsble for th abuse of such prvledge. They shall be entltled to approprnt securty protecton when tmely publc notce s gve. Poltcal partes are also prlvlaged to use, and shall dened - the rght to use ony publc buldng or such fncltes necessary and approprate for ther purpose, a request shall frst be made to the approprate authortes.