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Article 21: Voting procedure

1. Unopposed candidates who are fully qualified for positions applied for will be declared
unopposed and duly elected to positions applied for on the election day if they are not
challenge by any qualified candidate/s for same posts.

2. Voting shall be either by secret ballot, by show of hands or by queuing and the person
obtaining the highest number of votes for any office shall be declared the winner.

3. The returning officer shall require all contestants for an office to confirm the results in writing
by signing the Elections Returns form. Provided that where a contestant declines or refuses or
otherwise fails to sign the form, the Returning Officer shall make a note of that fact and
counter sign the form.

4. Any person who having been elected to an office in either polling center committee Executive
Committee Sub Branch Executive Committee who subsequently contests and

wins and is elected into an office in a higher Party structure shall relinquish the office
previously elected which shall become vacant immediately.

5. Consequently, a By-election shall be held within 90 days to fill the vacancy arisen.

6. No person shall use bribery, intimidation, coercion, violence or other under influence in the
election to any office and any person who does so shall be disqualified by the Returning
Officer.

Article 22: Elections returns

The Returning Officer appointed for the purpose of supervising and managing each election at the
Ward, Sub-Branch/Constituency, Branch/County and the National Delegates Congress shall
complete a prescribed Elections Return Form duly signed by the Chairman of Elections Board and
counter signed by himself/herself and the candidates and return the same to the office of the Director
of Elections who shall keep a record thereof and compile a register of the elected party officials at all
levels.

Article 23: Resolution of disputes

a) Where a dispute arises on the election of a candidate to an office at a Ward, Sub-
Branch/Constituency, Branch/County or National Level, the elections Board will immediately
form an Ad-hoc Committee of five respectable non-partisan people to resolve it. The
complainant will pay such a fee prescribed the National Executive Council.

b) The results of arbitration will be communicated to the elections Board immediately for
appropriate action.

c) Where a By-Election is recommended, the Elections Board shall order fresh elections to be
held within a period of one week thereof.

d) Disputes adjudicated by the Ad-hoc committee will be resolved within one day.

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