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“County assembly” means a county assembly constituted in accordance with Article 177 of the
Constitution;

“Disability” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 260 of the Constitution;

“Election material” means ballot boxes, ballot papers, counterfoils, envelops, packets statements
and other documents used in connection with voting in an election and includes information
technology equipment for voting, the voting compartments, instruments, seals and other materials
and thins required for the purpose of conducting an election

“Election offence” means an offence under this Act;

“Election results” means the declared outcome of the casting of votes by voters at an election;

“Nomination” means the submission to the Commission of the name of a candidate in accordance
with the Constitution and this Act;

“Party list” means a party list prepared by a political party and submitted to the Commission
pursuant to and in accordance with Article 90 of the Constitution and sections 29,34,35,36 and 37;

“Parliamentary election” means the election of one or more members of Parliament;

“Petition” means an application to the election court under the Constitution or under this Act;

“Political party” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 260 of the Constitution;

“Polling station” means any room, place, vehicle or vessel set apart and equipped for the casting of
votes by voters at an election;

“Presidential election” means an election of a President in accordance with Article 136,139(1) (b)
and 146(2) (b) of the Constitution;

“Ward” means an electoral area within a county delimited in accordance with Article 89 of the

Constitution.

“competitive party primary” means a method of identifying a candidate for an elective post where all

registered members of a political party are eligible to participate in the identification of the candidate by

voting;

“non-competitive party primary” means a method of identifying a candidate for an elective post by the

Branch Delegates, National Elections Board and or County Election Panel members;

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