Election Obligations & Standards Database

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"In particular, States should: ...Initiate of facilitate national programmes of civic education, to ensure that the population are familiar with election procedures and issues."

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IPU: Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections, art. 4(1)

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Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections

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Voter education campaigns are necessary to ensure an informed community is able to effectively exercise the right to vote.