Composition of the National Elections Board
There shall be a board to be known as the IUP National Elections Board, which shall be
a standing committee of the Party;
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The members Board shall be appointed by the Party Leader on the recommendation of
NEC from amongst Members of the Party and will comprise 9 persons of high integrity,
who do not hold any elective position and who shall be persons knowledgeable in
matters of elections;
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The Board composition shall be guided by the Party constitution in taking in to account
the two thirds gender rule. The Board shall be headed by;
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Chairman
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Deputy chairperson
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The Director of Elections as ex-officio and the Secretary to the board.
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Six ordinary members
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At least one third of the members of the board shall be of the opposite gender.
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The members of the National Election Board shall hold office for a period of five years renewable once.
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At the first meeting of the National Elections Board convened by National Executive
Council, the Board members shall elect a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson who shall be
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of a gender opposite to that of the Chairperson and a Secretary from among themselves..
Whenever the chairperson is absent, members of NEB shall elect from amongst
themselves a member to act as the chairperson and exercise the powers and
responsibilities of the chairperson
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