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"Financial sanctions should be proportionate and therefore severe enough to fulfil their purpose of inhibiting prohibited conduct. If they are merely symbolic, this may be read as an invitation to break the law, as the person committing the infraction may calculate that the benefits of violating a prohibition may be greater than the cost of the sanction. "
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International IDEA: Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook , p. 49

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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook

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