Current provisions limiting the capacity assigned to each polling board (mesa) of 200, max. 300 voters seems inadequate. More flexibility is advisable, since polling boards in highly urbanised areas could easily accommodate up to 700 voters each, while smaller-sized arrangements could continue to be applicable to outlying regions. Under the present set-up, the 92.000 PHVDV country-wide have required the recruitment of a mesa-staff of roughly 550.000 persons, with the ensuing difficulties to find enough people able and willing to take over these functions. Two complementary measures might alleviate the situation: A concentration of urban area polling boards could reduce the number of qualified mesa- staff required; and offering higher per diem allowances for polling board staff, matched by reducing or relinquishing the fines in case
of default (currently ca. US-$ 35) might then provide incentives for prospective mesa- staff members to feel more deeply identified with the civic obligation of serving on polling boards.