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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Voter education campaigns should be designed to provide sufficient information with respect to registration and the voting process.


Obligations

  • Right and Opportunity to Vote

Election Parts

  • Voter Education

Issues

  • The Content of Voter Education Campaigns

Criteria

  • Voter education campaigns included information about the voting and registration process
  • Voter education efforts included information about all electoral rights, including equal suffrage, the right to vote and be elected, the right to an effective remedy, and the secret ballot

Quotes

  • The cumulative effect of all voter education in an election should be evaluated by the degree to which pertinent information is reasonably available to all eligible voters in a form that they can comprehend, and in a timely fashion (i.e.. allowing a reasonable time for the audience to make use of the information...You should...attempt to assess whether this information adequately discusses essential facts, procedures, rights and issues.
  • An education program should “explain the registration procedure” and be “focused mainly on the voting procedure.
  • Voter education…should inform voters of when, how and where to register to vote and when, how and where to cast their votes.
  • Non-partisan civic education should aim to inform voters as to the ‘who, what, when, where and how’ of registration and voting.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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