Educators, particularly those working on official voter education programmes, either through the election authority or some other statutory body, will have some responsibility to provide voter information to the general electorate. Eligible voters will be defined in the constitution and the election law. Typically, citizenship, age, and competency requirements will be established. Some prisoners may retain their voting rights, while others may not. And, in some elections, for example municipal elections or the election of representatives according to districts, residency requirements may also come into play.
The election authority may have some obligation, then, to inform all eligible voters about the date and type of elections, hours of voting, the location of relevant voting sites, registration requirements and locations, the type of identification required to establish one's qualification to vote, the proper manner in which to indicate one's choice on the ballot, and so on.
These general voter information messages may then be supplemented, either by the election authority's own programmes or those of civil society groups, by targeted information and education messages aimed at special cases, either marginalized groups or those with special needs.
