1. Introduction
The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has deployed a total of 1,10 8 trained and accredited monitors for the 2015 presidential elections : 105 roving monitors, 300 general monitors and 703 PVT monitors . The PVT monitors deployed to a carefully selected nationally representative sample of 703 polling streams located at 501 polling stations in every province, district and constituency of the country. PVT Monitors report in near real time by sending in observer reports throughout the day via coded text messages.
As of 11 00 hrs CCMG ’ s PVT monitors report ed that across the country the vast majority of polling stations open ed and had all their necessary supplies . This is based on reports fr om 6 48 of CCMG ’ s 703 PVT monitors ( 9 2 %) located in every province and every district (except Chama) .
Those CCMG PVT monitors who have not yet reported do not have cell phone coverage ; they wil l report at a later time.
2. CCMG
The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) comprises four faith based organisations namely, the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) an d with Caritas Zambia under ZEC. The Chief Executives of CCZ, EFZ, JCTR and ZEC serve as CCMG ’ s Steering Committee and all of the monitors were carefully selected from the partner organisations.
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