Holding of referendum in more than one phase —
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Member of an Electoral Management Body/Election Commission

King Norman Rudi

I am King Norman Rudi, a Senior Electoral Services Officer responsible for Legal and Elections Administration at the Malawi Electoral Commission. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree, Diploma in Law and Diploma in Education, all from the University of Malawi. Apart from this, I have attended a number of courses in Africa, Europe and Asia on Human Rights and Elections issues, Conflict Management and peacekeeping. My current duties and responsibilities include preparation of election calendar; developing plans for the distribution and retrieval of election materials; developing plans for appropriate mode of transport for materials and staff; developing an effective two-way communication plan between field operational staff and the headquarters; preparing regular situation updates on field operations; determining appropriate material requirements for all phases of the electoral process; determining appropriate field staffing requirements for all phases of the electoral process; organizing transport resources for electoral operations; supervision of the delivery, distribution and retrieval of materials national wide; reviewing and development of training materials; create and develop the registration manual; prepare and develop the polling manual, prepare training materials for electoral related activities in liaise with training unit, standardize electoral procedures for the different electoral exercises; reviewing and revising training materials; development of training curriculum and materials; designing Training of Trainers activities; development of effective cascade training national wide; development of monitoring and evaluation tools for cascade and other training programmes; develop training programmes for all members of Commission staff Participating in preparation of elections budgets, monitor, evaluate and direct regional and district training programmes; spearheading Electoral Laws Reform, drafting Contracts pertaining to the Malawi Electoral Commission and attending to all legal matters among other duties.

Thematic Areas of Expertise

Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Other

Contributions to the ACE Network by King Norman Rudi