The Role of Voter Education

• Develop policies and strategies to facilitate effective implementation of voter education programmes in order to enhance the participation of citizens in the electoral process
• Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of voter education programmes and activities.
• Educate the public on all aspects of the electoral process g. delimitation, voter registration, inspection of the register of voters and poll day activities.
• Manage the Voter Education and Information Resource Centre.
• Coordinate activities of Voter Education School Clubs.
• Conduct needs assessment for voter education and information related to the electoral process.
• Develop materials for use in voter education and information related to citizen’s participation in the electoral process.

Key Issues

Voter education seeks to address the following issues;

• Voter frustration;
• Electoral violence;
• Vote buying and bribery;
• Voter illiteracy levels;
• Custody of the voter’s card;
• Misconceptions regarding election results management; and
• Inadequate knowledge on the electoral process.

Key Themes

There are four key themes in voter education namely;

• Democracy and citizens participation
• Elections and democracy
• Governance and leadership
• The electoral process in Zambia

Outreach Strategies

The following strategies are used to disseminate voter education and information;

• Face to face discussion meetings
• Pre-arranged community meetings
• Theatre performances
• Dissemination of Information, Education and Communication materials in English and local languages
• Use of information technology

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