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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

The polling station and its staff should be of sufficient size to handle the expected number of voters.


Obligations

  • Universal Suffrage

Election Parts

  • Voting Operations

Issues

  • Facilitation of Voting

Criteria

  • Sufficient resources, human and material, were available at each polling station

Quotes

  • The station and the polling board (and staff, if applicable) should be of sufficient size to handle the expected number of voters.
  • [States should] ensure transparency of the electoral process, particularly in: 8.2.3. the conduct of the ballot: it is advisable to ensure that polling stations are appropriately designed, that transparent ballot boxes are used, that voting booths are available, that counting takes place in public and that distance voting is well regulated.
  • There should be an adequate number of polling staff to ensure that all tasks can be undertaken at all times. Polling staff should be trained to ensure they fully understand their functions, and should be required to act in a fair and impartial manner.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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