2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 Electoral commission with important prerogatives(Central Referee Committee).........................60 Electoral commissions with very important prerogatives...........68 Financial System................................................................80 Evaluating the experiences of electoral commissions.........88 Is it possible to have an ideal electoral commission?...........92 PART TWO: MANAGEMENT OF ELECTIONS IN WESTAFRICA...99 CHAPTERIII: ELECTIONSMANAGEMENTINWESTAFRICA: PROBLEMS AND SOME RELATIVELY GOOD OR BAD PRACTICES........................................................................103 3.1 Problems and challenges related to the structures of electoral commissions...................................................................105 3.1.1 Tenure of the commission and its members.......................105 3.1.2 The conflict between models of electoral commission...........113 3.1.3 Autonomy or independence of election commissions..........121 3.1.4 The preparation of election officials...................................133 3.1.5 Restricted missions of electoral commissions...................137 3.1.6 Problem of the relationship between the commission and its branches..........................................................................142 3.2 Problems and challenges related to operationalization of the electoral process..............................................................148 3.2.1 Political dimension of managing elections.......................148 3.2.2 Relationship between the electoral commission and other institutions involved in the management of elections..............157 7