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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

The central election commission should be permanent in nature.


Obligations

  • State Must Take Necessary Steps to Give Effect to Rights

Election Parts

  • Election Management

Issues

  • Independence and Impartiality of the Electoral Management Body

Criteria

  • There was an independent and impartial electoral management body

Quotes

  • Any central electoral commission must be permanent, as an administrative institution responsible for liaising with local authorities and the other lower-level commissions, e.g. as regards compiling and updating the electoral lists.
  • The central commission must be permanent in nature.
  • The central election commission must be permanent in nature.
  • A permanent election administration does not itself guarantee that the elections are professionally administered. As far as professionalism is concerned, there appears to still be room for improvement in a number of countries.
  • This is why independent, impartial electoral commissions must be set up from the national level to polling station level to ensure that elections are properly conducted, or at least remove serious suspicions of irregularity.
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Election Obligations & Standards Database

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