7.8 Ensure the transparency and integrity of the entire electoral process by facilitating the deployment of representatives of political parties and individual candidates at polling and counting stations and by accrediting national and/other observers/monitors; 7.9 Encourage the participation of disabled and youth in all aspects of the electoral process in accordance with the national laws; 7.10 Issuing invitation by the relevant Electoral Institutions of the country in election to SADC 90 (ninety) days before the voting day in order to allow an adequate preparation for the deployment of the Electoral Observation Mission; 7.11 Ensure freedom of movement of the members of the SEOM within the host country; 7.12 Accreditation of the members of the SEOM as election observers on a non-discriminatory basis; 7.13 Allow the members of the SEOM to communicate freely with all competing political parties, candidates, other political associations and organisations, and civil society organizations; 7.14 the members of the SEOM to communicate freely with voters except when the electoral law reasonably prescribes such communication in order to protect the secrecy of the vote; 7.15 Allow the members of the SEOM an unhindered access to and communicate freely with the media; 7.16 Allow the members of the SEOM to communicate with and have unimpeded access to the National Election Commission or appropriate electoral authority and all other election administrators; 7.17 the members of the SEOM free access to all legislation and regulations governing the electoral process and environment; 7.18 Allow the members of the SEOM free access to all electoral registers or voters’ list; 7.19 Ensure that the members of the SEOM have an unimpeded and unrestricted access to all polling stations and counting centres. Visit the SADC website
7.8 Ensure the transparency and integrity of the entire electoral process by facilitating the deployment of representatives of political parties and individual candidates at polling and counting stations and by accrediting national and/other observers/monitors; 7.9 Encourage the participation of disabled and youth in all aspects of the electoral process in accordance with the national laws; 7.10 Issuing invitation by the relevant Electoral Institutions of the country in election to SADC 90 (ninety) days before the voting day in order to allow an adequate preparation for the deployment of the Electoral Observation Mission; 7.11 Ensure freedom of movement of the members of the SEOM within the host country; 7.12 Accreditation of the members of the SEOM as election observers on a non-discriminatory basis; 7.13 Allow the members of the SEOM to communicate freely with all competing political parties, candidates, other political associations and organisations, and civil society organizations; 7.14 the members of the SEOM to communicate freely with voters except when the electoral law reasonably prescribes such communication in order to protect the secrecy of the vote; 7.15 Allow the members of the SEOM an unhindered access to and communicate freely with the media; 7.16 Allow the members of the SEOM to communicate with and have unimpeded access to the National Election Commission or appropriate electoral authority and all other election administrators; 7.17 the members of the SEOM free access to all legislation and regulations governing the electoral process and environment; 7.18 Allow the members of the SEOM free access to all electoral registers or voters’ list; 7.19 Ensure that the members of the SEOM have an unimpeded and unrestricted access to all polling stations and counting centres. Visit the SADC website
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