The legal framework for elections will need to be reviewed and amended to: (i) specify the role of the judiciary in the electoral process, especially the status of the Supreme Court vis-à-vis the role of the IEC as the authority supervising and implementing elections; (ii) clarify the IEC’s responsibility for the election of provincial council representatives to the Meshrano Jirga;
(iii) specify the basis on which district council boundaries will be established as well as a formula for seat allocations to each council.
(iv) provide for ‘special needs voting’ by prisoners, military personnel, hospitalised and - possibly - homebound voters;
(v) establish rules for the use of state resources and the involvement of public officials in election campaigns, with clearly defined sanctions against the breach of such rules.