SECTION 26

(1) The Director General of Elections shall be responsible, under the authority of the Electoral Board, for all election and referendum operations, in particular: - drawing up, managing, updating and keeping the national voters’ register as well as election documents and materials; - procuring and distributing election materials and documents; - drawing up electoral registers, in conjunction with the relevant joint commissions; - publishing electoral registers; - issuing voter cards; - distributing voter cards, in conjunction with the relevant joint commissions; - organizing or supervising the training of electoral personnel; - preparing the annual draft budget of Elections Cameroon; - preparing draft budgets of elections; - executing the budget of Elections Cameroon and the budget of elections; - managing sundry resources and equipment placed at his disposal; - receiving and forwarding to the Electoral Board candidacy papers for presidential, legislative, senatorial, regional and municipal elections; - receiving and forwarding to the Electoral Board applications to participate in referendum campaigns; - distributing, within the statutory time-limit, samples of ballot papers to candidates or political parties taking part in the polls for election or referendum campaign purposes; - coordinating the work of observers accredited by the appropriate national authorities; - organizing polling stations; - coordinating all bodies responsible for election operations; - coordinating the forwarding of election reports and other election documents from polling stations to the head office of Elections Cameroon; - forwarding election reports to the Electoral Board. (2) In this respect, the Director General of Elections shall be vested with all powers necessary for the performance of his duties. (3) He shall report on his activities to the Electoral Board at least once every three months and as often as may be necessary in an election period. (4) After every election, the Director General of Elections shall be responsible for centralizing and keeping all election documents and materials. (5) He shall draw up the final report on the conduct of the poll.