Indicator: Were any manifestations of election propaganda seen in front of or inside the polling and counting center? 12. Despite the significant organizational efforts undertaken by the competent authorities, it was noticed that there was strikingly obvious electoral propaganda before and during the start of the balloting process, especially in the polling and counting provincial centers. This was exemplified by posting candidates’ election posters, signboards, and advertisements, or by the presence of individuals, mostly children, wearing items of clothing emblazoned with candidates’ faces and distributing leaflets or water bottles bearing candidates’ photos or other publicity images, or the presence of others electioneering for one candidate or another, or by making direct phone calls to voters to persuade them to vote for a particular candidate on the morning of polling day. 13. In this respect, the NIHR calls on all contesting candidates to respect the provisions of the law regulating electoral campaigning and to refrain from exploiting children in their election campaign activities in the streets and public roads as this practice has negative impacts on children and exposes them to danger in a way that is not suitable for their age group, in the best interests of the child. 67