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EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Voter registration promoted broad participation, and there were no barriers to participation by otherwise qualified eligible voters


Election Parts

  • Voter Registration

Issues

  • Voter Eligibility and Barriers to Registration
Summaries
  • The voter registration process should promote broad participation and not inhibit the participation of eligible voters.
  • Procedures should not create unnecessary technical barriers to participation by otherwise qualified eligible voters.
  • Potential voters should be offered sufficient time to register to vote.
  • Provisions should be made for absentee registrants.
  • There should be no fee for citizens to be registered as voters.
  • Universal suffrage requires that the broadest reasonable pool of voters is guaranteed participatory rights.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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