A good example: The electoral commission of Gambia Monitoring the management of elections in the sub-region, especially with regards to electoral lists, does not allow for the presentation of a practical situation in a country as an example which others could follow. Meanwhile, by referring to existing laws in the sub-region, a case stands out and deserves to be appreciated and eventually improved upon. This is the Gambian electoral law which provides for instance for the following: a. A link between the judicial system and the commission, such that the latter provides on an annual basis available information on people who lost their civic rights; b. A link between the administrative and health system of the commission so as to help the latter to be annually informed on death cases. An example to improve upon: The electoral commission of Benin In area of the quality of electoral lists, if it is not easy to identify a good example in all parameters within the region; on the contrary, several negative examples exist. This is the case in the Republic of Benin where the modalities for the establishment of an electoral list bring together most of the weaknesses which can be found in that field. For most of the stakeholders in the electoral process in Benin, the electoral list is of doubtful and controversial quality. Political 171