Registration is a critical enabler to giving everyone a chance to have their say. This means knowing exactly who is entitled to vote and making sure that they have a chance to mark their ballot paper themselves. It also places a responsibility on every eligible citizen to respect that right and register their intention to vote.

There are many ways that the system can be compromised in this phase and the better the administration of the process the more secure it will be. Ballot papers are not commodities for sale and motivation or incentive to treat them as such should be removed. In turn this means raising the right degree of awareness across a highly diverse electorate and encouraging them to take this responsibility – while at the same time plugging the gaps in the system that make it possible