Botswana

The Independent Electoral Commission provides services such as printing, voter’s rolls, voter education materials, and transport for polling agents.

Bryan, Shari, Baer, Denise (eds.). 2005. Money in Politics: A Study of Party Financing Practices in 22 Countries. Washington DC: The National Democratic Institute for Foreign Affairs (NDI).

92. Treating The following persons shall be guilty of treating- (a) any person who corruptly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, either before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly gives, provides or pays, wholly or in part, the expenses of giving or providing any entertainment or provision other than food or drink to or for any person for the purposes of corruptly influencing that person or any other person to vote or refrain from voting at the election, or on account of such person or any other person having voted or refrained from voting at the election;

Electoral Act

The limit excludes personal expenses, travellling and living ciosts and phone expenses incurred by the candidate while on campaign trail

1. Maximum of election expenses

The election expenses of any candidate shall not exceed P50 000.

Electoral Act

Article 81 

1. Maximum of election expenses

The election expenses of any candidate shall not exceed P50 000.

Electoral Act

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The law enjoins the Secretary of a political party or organisation to within 90 days after polling day, to render a true return in respect of every candidate sponsired by the party who stood in the election.

Article 86

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The Secretary of a political party or organization shall, within 90 days after polling day in the election, render in respect of every candidate sponsored by such party or organization who stood for election, to the appropriate returning officer a true return showing the expenditure incurred in terms of subsection (1) and the amount apportioned to each candidate.

Electoral Act

Article 87: Return of election expenses

(1) Within 90 days after the result of any election has been declared every candidate at that election shall render to the returning officer a true return in such form as the Secretary may direct and verified by his affidavit showing- (a) all his election expenses which have been paid; (b) all his election expenses which are unpaid and undisputed; (c) all claims for election expenses which are disputed by the candidates; (d) all money which, under the provisions of section 85, he is required to disclose in the return and the name of the person from whom he has received such money; (e) any amount apportioned to him under the provisions of section 87, together with all relevant bills, invoices and receipts relating to the expenses referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). If no election expenses have been incurred the candidate shall, in an affidavit, render a return to that effect to the returning officer within the period aforesaid.

Electoral Act

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The returning officer is required to make financial reports submitted by candidates, available for public inspection for the next 6 months after the election.

Article 89. Inspection of return

(1) The return and any accompanying document shall be kept at the office of the returning officer or at some convenient place appointed by him, and shall at all reasonable times during the six months following their receipt by the returning officer, be open to inspection by any person. (2) The returning officer shall, if so requested by any person during the period referred to in subsection (1), supply copies of the return and any accompanying document, or any part thereof, at the price of P20 for every such copy or part thereof supplied. (3) After the expiry of the said six month period, the returning officer for the time being may destroy the return and any accompanying documents or if the person who rendered the return so requires shall return it and any accompanying documents to him.

Electoral Act

Article 87. Return of election expenses

(1) Within 90 days after the result of any election has been declared every candidate at that election shall render to the returning officer a true return in such form as the Secretary may direct and verified by his affidavit showing-

..(d) all money which, under the provisions of section 85, he is required to disclose in the return and the name of the person from whom he has received such money;

87. Return of election expenses (1) Within 90 days after the result of any election has been declared every candidate at that election shall render to the returning officer a true return in such form as the Secretary may direct and verified by his affidavit showing- (a) all his election expenses which have been paid; (b) all his election expenses which are unpaid and undisputed; (c) all claims for election expenses which are disputed by the candidates; (d) all money which, under the provisions of section 85, he is required to disclose in the return and the name of the person from whom he has received such money; (e) any amount apportioned to him under the provisions of section 87, together with all relevant bills, invoices and receipts relating to the expenses referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). If no election expenses have been incurred the candidate shall, in an affidavit, render a return to that effect to the returning officer within the period aforesaid.

Electoral Act

The law requires that every payment in respect of elections shall (except for those below P10) be vouched for by a bill stating the particulars of the samre

85. Receipts of election expenses Every payment in respect of any election expenses shall, except where less than P10 in all in any one account, be vouched for by a bill stating the particulars and by a receipt or some other evidence of payment.

87. Return of election expenses (1) Within 90 days after the result of any election has been declared every candidate at that election shall render to the returning officer a true return in such form as the Secretary may direct and verified by his affidavit showing- (a) all his election expenses which have been paid; (b) all his election expenses which are unpaid and undisputed; (c) all claims for election expenses which are disputed by the candidates; (d) all money which, under the provisions of section 85, he is required to disclose in the return and the name of the person from whom he has received such money; (e) any amount apportioned to him under the provisions of section 87, together with all relevant bills, invoices and receipts relating to the expenses referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). If no election expenses have been incurred the candidate shall, in an affidavit, render a return to that effect to the returning officer within the period aforesaid.

Electoral Act

EMB = Independent Electoral Commission.

High Court.

Article 88 of the Act.

Sections 90-105 of the Act.