Recommendation 18 (Voter Education) South Sudan 2011
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SS/south-sudan-final-report-southern-sudan-referendum/at_download/file
Extensive civic and voter education programmes, using civil society bodies, should be conducted in advance of the passing of the draft electoral law in order to educate citizens on, among other issues:
a. the primacy of independent electoral management and the proposed role for the EMB in the draft law;
b. the duties and responsibilities of voters;
c. the duties and responsibilities of elected representatives;
d. the proposed election system in the draft law;
e. the proposed roadmap towards parliamentary and presidential elections;
f. the role of the civil registry and its role in voter registration.
