• M
ake available ballot papers in Braille for the blind to enable them to participate actively in
the electoral process.
• A
mend the provisions of Articles (60) and (69) of Law No. (37) of 2012 on the Child Law, to
prohibit and criminalize the use of children in any form during the elections, and to propose
appropriate and deterrent penalties for such dangerous criminal acts, focusing on the best
interest of the child.
• A
mend the provisions of Decree-Law No. (14) of 2002 on the Exercise of Political Rights, so
as to allow the candidate to choose more than one agent to follow up on the electoral process
provided the number of agents does not exceed the maximum number of the public electoral
centers.
• P ay more attention to increase the awareness of voters on the need to verify, through all forms
of media and social media, and well before the due date set by the law that their names
are on the voters’ lists during the period prescribed by the law to avoid being prevented from
casting their votes on polling day.
• P ay more attention to increasing the awareness of the individuals, whose names are not
registered on the voters’ lists, on the need to head to the supervisory centers of their governorate
on polling day, using all the forms of media and social media. Those individuals knew about
this procedure only after they went to the provincial or public centers to cast their votes, and
thus, they went through the trouble of reaching the polling centers and had to wait there for a
while.
• C
onduct the counting and sorting process by a team other than those involved in the organization
of the voting process. Such proposed team begins its work at the electoral center starting at
6:00 pm, and continues until the polling is closed and the counting process commences up to
the announcement of the final results. This shall have a positive impact on the performance of
the said team and reduce the likelihood of potential errors that may arise during this process,
as well as accelerate the announcement of the results.
• U
se modern electronic technologies that ensure greater accuracy in the counting and sorting of
ballot papers. In addition, provide the polling and counting centers with surveillance cameras
and display monitors to allow the candidates and their agents, as well as the observers of
the conduct of the electoral process, to follow up the process of sorting and counting ballot
papers.
• D
evote particular attention to training and qualifying law enforcement personnel on controlling
and tracking electoral crimes, in particular those committed using modern means of
communication, and bringing perpetrators to justice in order to ensure the proper conduct of
the electoral process.
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