Electoral procedural safeguards have been introduced effectively improving the polling process, yet election staff is not always aware of the meaning or importance of upholding certain electoral principles. A number of shortcomings were noted and some election procedures were differently implemented as was the case of the incorrect positioning of the voting booth inside the polling station that in several instances compromised the secrecy of the ballot. Procedural details regarding the key stages of the aggregation, transmission and announcement of results should be clear and unambiguous. It is therefore advisable to strengthen training of lower level election staff while procedural manuals are made largely available to election staff and stakeholders far before election day.