Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Members of local government should be elected on the basis of equal, universal, and secret suffrage.

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This right shall be exercised by councils or assemblies composed of members freely elected by secret ballot on the basis of direct, equal, universal suffrage, and which may possess executive organs responsible to them. This provision shall in no way affect recourse to assemblies of citizens, referendums or any other form of direct citizen participation where it is permitted by statute.