Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Provisions should be made for absentee registrants.

Obligations

Universal Suffrage

Election Parts

Voter Registration

Issues

Criteria

The state took steps to facilitate registration
Limitations on universal suffrage imposed during the voter registration process were reasonable and objective
Voter registration promoted broad participation, and there were no barriers to participation by otherwise qualified eligible voters

Quotes

[States should foster citizen participation in the electoral process by] facilitating the participation in the electoral process of citizens living abroad, subject to restrictions in accordance with the law, such as duration of residence abroad, whilst ensuring that, if polling stations are set up abroad, their establishment is based on transparent criteria.
[T]he right to vote and to be elected may be accorded to citizens residing abroad.
Safeguards should exist to avoid multiple registration, and there should be provisions for registration of absentee voters.