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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

The electoral management body ensured transparency in its decision making; for example, through open meetings and the use of public and competitive tenders


Election Parts

  • Election Management

Issues

  • Transparency in Electoral Management Body Decision Making and Procurement
Summaries
  • The election management process should be transparent.
  • The meetings of election bodies should be open.
  • States must take measures to prevent corruption.
  • States should promote transparency in public decision making as a means of combating corruption.
  • It is desirable that electoral commissions make decisions by a qualified majority or by consensus.
  • The participation of observers, citizen and international, may enhance all aspects of the electoral process.
  • Observers should be permitted to follow all aspects and stages of an electoral process.
  • States should involve civil society organizations and facilitate their effective participation in public decision-making processes.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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