Every country will have an ample supply of specialist lawyers or attorneys who can be engaged to give advice on the interpretation of the law. Government departments may offer advice. It is in the interest of electoral managers to ensure that the law is interpreted in a consistent manner for problems will be created if, in various areas of a country, the law is applied differently. Simplicity and Transparency. The electoral law will not be effective if its provisions are so complex that they cannot be understood by the electorate or be applied in a fair and transparent manner.
Legislators often work detached from the actual process of implementation.
At operational levels, systems need to be capable of being applied in organisations which have limited resources and expertise. The bill for the elections was also very high with a cost per vote rumoured to be the highest of any election ever held. The voters lists were prepared at minimum cost with opportunity for revisions up to polling day. Both contain codes of conduct for a variety of the participants involved in the electoral process. Inclusion of codes is a way of setting out clearly standards of conduct which have legal force and can supplement the normal electoral law provisions regarding offences.