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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Movement may be restricted, but such restrictions must be proportionate and be appropriate to achieve their protective function.


Obligations

  • Freedom of Movement

Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning
  • Voter Registration
  • Vote Counting and Tabulation
  • The Media

Issues

  • Freedom of Movement for Political Candidates and Their Supporters
  • Freedom of Movement and the Media
  • Freedom of Movement and Vote Counting and Tabulation
  • Freedom of Movement for the Purposes of Voter Registration

Criteria

  • Freedom of movement was respected for all electoral stakeholders, including candidates, parties, and their supporters during the campaign period
  • Freedom of movement was guaranteed to all electoral stakeholders, including the media
  • Freedom of movement was respected throughout the electoral process, including the immediate election period
  • Freedom of movement was respected throughout the voter registration process

Quotes

  • Restrictive measures must conform to the principle of proportionality; they must be appropriate to achieve their protective function; they must be the least intrusive instrument amongst those which might achieve the desired result; and they must be proportionate to the interest to be protected.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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