whom voter registrations functions have been delegated as well as the names, designations and government departments of any members of the Civil Service for whom consent was not granted. 35. It is also essential for the integrity and transparency of the election that the First Respondent retains direction and control over the voter registration exercise even when it delegates or directs members of the Civil Service to conduct voter registration on its behalf. 36. Therefore, the Applicants will move for a declaratory order that the First Respondent must retain direction and control over any member of the Civil Service to whom it delegates its voter registration functions. Production and publication of a manual for persons who act as election officers during an election 37. The Electoral Act provides that persons may be seconded from the Public Service or statutory bodies to work for the First Respondent during an election. It is beyond debate that such persons are otherwise unfamiliar with the conduct of an election, and would most likely require extensive education on how they ought to conduct themselves during an election. In the interest of giving the critical principle of transparency some meaning, I contend 16

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