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"In the regional sphere, the European Court of Human Rights, as of the very first case in which it was asked to rule on the right to vote and to be elected that can be inferred from Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms indicated that this provision does not create any obligation to introduce a specific system. It has also indicated that, “there are numerous ways of organizing and running electoral systems and a wealth of differences, inter alia, historical development, cultural diversity and political thought within [the States].” The European Court has emphasized the need to assess any electoral system “in the light of the political evolution of the country concerned; features that would be unacceptable in the context of one system may accordingly be justified in the context of another […].
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