Your Electoral Guide. We are about to have our first national elections as an independent country. Everyone must vote, so that the final result will reflect the true will of the caroban people. Do not be dissuaded by those amongst us who say that it does not matter. Your vote must count. Your vote should count. Your vote shall count! The Contesting Parties The following are the parties contesting the polls. Observe their names, their initials and their symbols. Caroba Labour Congress Party (CLC) a tool, Democratic Alliance of Caroba (DAC) a plate of food, your own. Think of the power and majesty of our rivers, the beauties of our sands and seas. You belong to Caroba and Caroba belongs to you. Where is your Community? The country has been partitioned into regions. Each region or district consists of many villages and townships. The districts are A. North east Caroba which encompasses the towns of Veraca, Chaded and many other smaller communities B. Southern Clay county WHICH IS CENTRED ON Thomville, C. Central Zone which has the villages of Boneau, Sucdent, Luytrien and Nilagua as its main constituents, and D. Western Sands, which includes our capital, Diganopt. National Advancement Party of Caroba (NAP) a car, Caroba People’s Movement (CPM) a house. Each party will have published a manifesto, outlining its policies, plans and objectives. You should view each party’s manifesto, and listen to as many speakers as possible, to decide which party you think is the best one to lead the country. Your country has a population of just under half a million people, spread out in many large and small communities. Think of our rich heritage and resources. Claim them as particular school, you can still find out where you have to vote, because each location has listings of all the names in the district, not just those people who are to vote at that location. FNAME HAROLD MEENA MARCEL TIMOTHY SNAME BROWN INTSON THOMAS RAM REG# 00411 00417 00424 00439 ADDRESS 36 SOUTHO 14 UNIVERS 40 CURALL 10 AGALLA CITY CHA CHA CHA CHA Check for your name Remember again that the district has several villages, and that a large city like Diganopt is divided into sections. If you cannot find your name at all, report the matter to the central elections office in Diganopt. The address is: Central Elections Office, 3 Temple Road, Accompaniburg, Diganopt. When you make this report, make sure you have all the details. Check for fake voters Where do you vote? In all the districts except Western Sands, voting is done in the school buildings. Diganopt is the exception, since for residents in some sections of our capital city, voting will take place at the city hall. Check for your name ON THE LIST You must find out quickly which is the location of the school nearest you, and check for your name on the local voters list. If your name is not on the list for that You might find, on the list, the name and address of someone whom you know does not exist at that address. If you come across such a problem, report the matter immediately to the central elections office in Diganopt. FNAME NOBODY MARCEL TIMOTHY SNAME FAKE THOMAS RAM REG# 00000 00424 00439 ADDRESS 14 UNIVERS 40 CURALL 10 AGALLA Check for fake voters The address is: CITY CHA CHA CHA Central Elections Office, 3 Temple Road, Accompaniburg, Diganopt. When you make this report, make sure you have all the details: State when you noticed the problem (the exact date please), and Give the offending name and address and the location where the list was seen. You also need to identify your self when making the report. When the time comes for voting Go as early as possible to your polling station. You may need to join a line. If so, be very patient, and say nothing that could possibly upset anyone. Do not even mention the economy. Do not praise or criticise. Do not frown or look at anyone in a disdainful manner. Remember that when you least expect it, people can get angry. Even your best friend may not be thinking in the way that you expect. When You Enter The Polling Station When you enter, the first attendant will check the list for your name. Your name is then ticked off on the list. The second attendant then will hand you a ballot sheet, having the initials of the four parties and showing their symbols. There is a box next to each party’s symbol. You are to enter the special polling booth, and mark an X clearly in the box for the party of your choice. When you enter the special booth, no one can see where you have placed the X. Your vote is totally private. You must then fold the ballot neatly along the dotted line and BRING IT OUT OF THE BOOTH. You then drop the ballot into the ballot box. The attendants will see you drop the ballot in, but they will not know which party you have chosen. Your left thumb is then dipped in indelible ink and a fingerprint is made at a particular spot on the printed list, next to your name. CLC DAC NAP CPM What the Ballot Paper looks like. When the voting is completed, the votes at each village are counted. At each polling station a statement of poll is produced, showing how the votes are distributed amongst the parties, as well as the number of spoilt votes. A tabulation is done, essentially combining the results for the different stations, to eventually arrive at the final distribution of seats in our country’s national parliament. INSIDE: . Find out how and where to cast your vote. Who are the contesting parties? Check the list for your name. And check for others too! How to make a report. What to do at the polling station Your country belongs to YOU!.