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· Number of staff at EMB : 1 Chairperson and two other members, who are appointed by the president for a term of five years on the advice of the judicial Service Commission (JSC)

· Main functions of EMB 

 (a) control of electoral expenditure; 

 (b) dividing Vanuatu into registration area s for the purpose of registering voters; 

 (c) instruction and supervision of registration officers; 

 (d) transport, travel and equipment for registration officers; 

 (e) the design and printing of electoral cards, forms and other materials; 

 (f) arrangements for voters residing overseas; 

 (g) production, distribution and publication of electoral lists; 

 (h) providing information to voters and the general public; 

 (i) provision and distribution and security of ballot papers, ballot boxes and equipment for polling stations; 

 (j) preparation and distribution of instructions for 

returning officers, and polling clerks; 

 (k) maintenance, preservation and security of all electoral records; 

 (l) preparation of the electoral reports; 

 (m) such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the EC in accordance with its powers under the Constitution and the law