Issue
Counting Cast Ballots
Election Parts
Criteria
- Vote counting and tabulation processes protected the right to be elected
- The state took proactive measures to promote voting by the broadest pool of eligible voters and ensure votes cast were counted
- The vote counting and tabulation process did not discriminate against anyone on the basis of prohibited grounds
Summaries
- Suspension or exclusion of participatory rights is prohibited except on grounds established by law and which are objective and reasonable.
- Elections must be held by universal suffrage.
- Political parties may be required to register with election authorities when contesting the election. The grounds for rejecting a registration application should be based on objective criteria.
- States should consider imposing reasonable limits on campaign expenditure.
- Methods to facilitate voting may include electronic voting.
- Where legislation allows for public funding, private funding, or a mix of the two, legislation should ensure that all political parties and candidates are treated equitably with respect to campaign finance and expenditures.
- Political party and candidate representatives should be allowed in the polling station to observe polling.
- Residency requirements should not be excessive, or may be considered discriminatory.
- Every citizen has the right to be elected.
- Candidates must be permitted to run either as party candidates or individually.
- Limits on those wishing to run for office must be based on objective and reasonable criteria.
- Procedures should not create unnecessary technical barriers to participation by otherwise qualified eligible voters.
- Loss of the right to be elected may only be imposed following adjudication by a court.
- Limits on individuals wishing to run for office may only be based on objective and reasonable criteria, including criminal conviction.
- Limits on individuals wishing to run for office may only be based on objective and reasonable criteria, including support from a minimum number of citizens.
- Universal suffrage requires that the broadest reasonable pool of voters is guaranteed participatory rights.
- Limits on individuals wishing to run for office may only be based on objective and reasonable criteria, including residency.
- Limits on individuals wishing to run for office may only be based on objective and reasonable criteria, including citizenship.
- Methods to facilitate voting may include postal voting.
- Methods to facilitate voting may include making special provision for members of the military to vote.
- Methods to facilitate voting may include mobile voting.
- If public funds are distributed to political parties and candidates, those funds should be available on an equitable basis.