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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

All eligible voters were informed of their electoral rights before, during, and after election day


Election Parts

  • Voter Education

Issues

  • Universal Suffrage, the Right to Vote, and Voter Education
Summaries
  • The fulfillment of universal and equal suffrage is partially dependent on the success of an adequate voter education process.
  • Limits placed on the right to vote must be based on objective and reasonable criteria.
  • Criteria restricting the right to vote must be clearly stated in law.
  • Voter education campaigns are necessary to ensure an informed community is able to effectively exercise the right to vote.
  • An adequate voter education process is necessary to ensure the electorate is able to utilize their rights.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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