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"For example, national-minority parties can be exempted from the need to surpass a legal threshold in order to qualify for seat allocation or can benefit from a lower legal threshold than other parties to obtain representation."

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OSCE (ODIHR): Handbook On Observing and Promoting the Participation of National Minorities in Electoral Processes, p. 46

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Handbook On Observing and Promoting the Participation of National Minorities in Electoral Processes

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Special measures to ensure participation and representation of national minorities may include reduced or waived minimum support, deposit, and electoral threshold requirements, and quotas.