Local authority candidate lists have affirmative action requirements for women.

[2] In April 2020, the Electoral Commission of Namibia announced that the national lockdown on account of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country would not affect the election date.

[5] The elections will be conducted using paper ballots after the Supreme Court of Namibia ruled in February 2020 that without a paper trail, usage of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in elections contravenes the Electoral Act of 2014.

In the local authority elections for Aroab, Koës and Stampriet "serious procedural errors" were discovered.

Voters were handed the wrong ballot papers, meant for a different local authority or for a different election, respectively.