Election officer hails awareness results

 By ZACHERY PER

AWARENESS programmes prior to the elections in Chimbu resulted in a successful electoral process, provincial elections manager Gore Kaupa says.

No local level government election in the province was declared failed by the Electoral Commission.

“Dissemination of very important electoral information to every voter was one of the first priorities of the provincial electoral office,” Kaupa said.

“We engage civil society organisations, police and churches to conduct awareness in every corner of the province. 

“We also conduct mock elections and demonstrations of how counting and voting under the Limited Preferential Voting system is done in public. It really educates the voters.”

He said every eligible voter in Chimbu knew exactly what to do and what to expect at different stages of the electoral process.

He said he used the local radio station in Kundiawa to the fullest – disseminating electoral information through the radio. The use of Radio Simbu also made a lot of impact.

Kaupa praised the support from the provincial government through administrator Joe Kunda.

Kaupa said the provincial election steering committee ensured the electoral process was completed.