Class Research Topic 
 
Parliamentary Election Research Questions. 
 
Greetings. I am a student in the Certificate in Journalism course at the University of Hargeisa. We are doing a survey about people’s opinions on the next parliamentary elections.
 
Can we ask you a few questions?
 
1. Gender: 
a. Male  
b. Female
. 
2. Education level
a. University 
b. Other
 
3. Do you think the elections going to be free and fair?
a.             Yes
b.             No
c.             I don’t know
d.             No comment
 
4. Does electoral system in Somaliland need improvement?
a.             Yes
b.             No
c.             I don’t know
d.             No comment
 
 
5. Was the screening of candidate’s free fair?
a.             Yes
b.             No
c.             I don’t know
d.             No comment
 
6. What was wrong with the last method of electing candidates?
Fill in answers………………………………………………..
 
 
7. What is wrong with the current election process?
Fill in answers……………………………………………..
 
8. Would you like to see women candidates being elected?
a.             Yes
b.             No
c.             I don’t know
d.             No comment
 
9. Do you think women candidates will be elected?
a.             Yes
b.             No
c.             I don’t know
d.             No comment
 
 
 
10. What would be the difference between the current parliament and the electing parliament?
Fill in responses…………………………………………..
 
11. What impact would this election have on the country politically, economically, as well as socially?
 
Fill in responses………………………………………………
 
12. What kind of improvements, if any, do you expect the on-coming parliament would to bring?
a.             health 
b.             education
c.             roads, 
d.             bridges, 
e.             Ports, etc.
f.               Economic development.
g.             Political stability/maturity.
h.             All of the above.
i.               None.
 
11. How do you think we can avoid double voting?
 
a.             Arrest the  offenders.
b.             Fine the  offending parties.
c.             employ more security staff.
d.             deploy more observers.
e.             ignore.
 
12. What mistakes in previous elections should be corrected in the next elections?
a.             Stop double voting.
b.             Less commission directives/announcements.
c.             Fair ballot counting.
d.             Number of voting stations increased.
e.             Introduce indelible  ink 
f.               Introduce jury to constitutional decisions.
g.             Voting stations security staff deployed from distance localities.
 
 
Hargeisa 
Somaliland
AVU Class.

 

 

 
 
 
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