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EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Everyone has the right to receive information about his/her inclusion on the voter list.


Obligations

  • Transparency and Access to Information

Election Parts

  • Voter Registration

Issues

  • Voter Access to Registration Information
  • Transparency in Creating and Maintaining the Voter List

Criteria

  • Citizens had access to information regarding their inclusion on the voter list, and this information was provided to them in an intelligible format
  • There was transparency in the creation and maintenance of the voter list

Quotes

  • Such data must be processed fairly for the specified purposes and on the basis of the consent of the person concerned or some other legitimate basis laid down by law. Everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her and the right to have it rectified.
  • The observance of the principle of universal suffrage means: d) every citizen is guaranteed the right to receive information on their inclusion into the voters’ list, to correct that information in order to assure its completeness and reliability, to appeal by the procedure stipulated by laws against refusal to be included in the voters’ list.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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