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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Amina Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 62 be amended- (a) in paragraph (1) deleting the words “as the returning officer considers” immediately after the words “ballot papers”; (b) in paragraph (2) (a) by deleting the words “transparent” and substituting therefor the words “fairly transparent or translucent”; (c) in paragraph (2) (b) by deleting the words “on the lid thereof” and substituting therefor the words “prominently and distinctively”; (d) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c) - “(ca) clearly labeled with the text of the respective elective position”; (e) in paragraph (4) (a) by deleting the word “a copy of the” immediately before the words “Principal Register” and substituting therefor the words “both electronic and hard copy of the”. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the first one is to remove discretion of the returning officers being allowed to consider. The second has been an input by the IEBC. They say that pure transparent ballot boxes are usually weak. So, they are suggesting that we say “fairly transparent or translucent,” so that we do not have easily destroyed ballot boxes. The third one is to substitute on the lid by having the elections for which that ballot box is supposed to be used, to be prominently and distinctively labeled, and to say which election it is for. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, finally, there is the amendment on the principle register. We are going the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) way. So, the principle register will not only be a hard copy, but an electronic copy as well. Those are the imports of the five listed amendments to Regulation 62."
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