No matter how strict the guidelines, there will always be polling staff who lose or forget their manuals. The basic quantities of polling officials manuals required will be determined by estimated staffing, not forgetting that voting operations administration offices will also require copies of the manuals used in voting locations. Past experience, if available and relevant, will be the best guide for excess quantities required, but at least an additional 10 percent should be printed, for use as spares at training sessions and at voting locations. Additional copies should also be printed to meet any requests for copies from political parties, candidates, and the general public. Voting operations manuals would preferably be available on request by the public, as part of the promotion of transparency in voting operations administration.
Independent observers require a guide for their activities.