FAZ Press Briefing

Posted Mar 23, 2008

2008 FAZ Elections Procedures

Voting – Continuing on from last week. This time we look at voting procedures. National Sports Council of Zambia are responsible for conducting the election. They will appoint the various election officers. Election Commission of Zambia have been asked to provide:

• Voting Booths
• Transparent ballot boxes
• Indelible ink

Football Association of Zambia will provide the electoral roll – a list showing who is eligible to vote. FAZ will also publish the list of candidates for the various positions and ballot papers.

At the start of the elections, the empty ballot boxes will be displayed and sealed/locked thereafter. Each position will have its own ballot box. As each club and affiliate would have appointed a voting delegate, he or she will be called, and given the ballot papers. He or she will then enter the voting booth and mark the candidate of choice. The completed ballot paper will then be placed in the respective ballot box.

At the end of the voting, each ballot box will be emptied, the ballot papers cast counted. If the ballot papers exceed the number of the voters’ roll, then that will be declared invalid and a re-run ordered. If however, the number equals or is less than the voters’ roll, the poll is declared valid and the election officer will proceed to count the votes for each candidate. At the end of the count, the votes cast are tallied and an announcement made of the result.

Election Campaigns

As we get closer to the Annual General Meeting election campaigns are being intensified and our appeal is that all those campaigning should conduct themselves to the highest possible standard.

Futsal

The Futsal team is today scheduled to leave Italy for Libya. In Italy they accounted themselves well. They won two of the matches and lost to a top club.

New website

Football Association of Zambia in conjunction with AfriConnect have established a new website, www.faz.org.zm. This will be a source of up-date news from FAZ. All Media organizations are encouraged to visit the website.

Under 23 Match

The Zambia Under 23 team will play Mali on 26th March at Nkoloma Stadium. The match will start at 15:00 hours. Officials are coming from Rwanda and the Match Commissioner from Zimbabwe.

The under 23 team will make the bulk of the members of the Zambian Team in the African Nations Championship. Zambia plays Swaziland on 30th April.