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EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Candidates and political parties were able to compete with each other on an equal basis


Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Equal Treatment of Candidates and Parties
Summaries
  • Electoral legislation and its regulations should offer clear guidance with respect to the process by which parties and candidates were placed on the ballot.
  • The state should enable new parties to compete under fair conditions with more established parties.
  • Political parties should be assured that they will be able to compete with each other on an equal basis before the law.
  • All political contestants should have an equal period of time in which to campaign.
  • Procedures for ballot access must be non-discriminatory.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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