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the persons who may be admitted to polling stations;
the manner and procedure of voting at an election;
the manner of ascertaining the identity of persons wishing to vote at
elections and whether such persons are qualified to vote;
the manner in which persons who are blind, or otherwise incapacitated,
may vote;
voting by persons employed on election duties on the day of an election;
the maintenance of secrecy at elections;
the postponement of, and the adjournment and extension of, time for a
poll in case of riot or open violence at an election;
the administering of oaths or affirmations by election officers in respect
of such matters as may be prescribed;
the procedure to be followed at the conclusion of a poll in an election;
the procedure for counting votes in an election, and the circumstances in
which votes in an election may be rejected by a returning officer as
invalid;
for the purpose of declaring any candidate duly elected, the procedure to
be followed where there is an equality of votes between candidates in an
election for members of the National Assembly;
the procedure to be followed where only one person is duly nominated
for election to the office of President, or in a constituency for election to
the National Assembly;
the declaration, notification and publication of the results of an election;
the custody and disposal of nomination papers, ballot papers, records,
documents or other things relating to the registration of voters and the
conduct of elections;
election expenses and the return of election expenses;
the notification and publication of any casual vacancy in the elected
membership of the National Assembly and the fixing of a date for an
election to fill such vacancy;
the fixing of a date for an election of a President or an election following
a dissolution of the National Assembly;
the forms and records to be used for any of the purposes of this Act;
any matter to be prescribed by or under this Act.
In practice, the Electoral Commission of Zambia faces a number of
financial and human constraints that limit its operations. Since elections
are a very costly exercise, Zambia has integrated local government
elections into the presidential and parliamentary elections.
In the last
elections of 2001 the State party, experienced delays in voting in some
parts of the country and some disputed electoral results.
321.
With regard to petitions on the election of President, Article 41 (2) of the
Constitution provides that –
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