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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

The delimitation of boundaries should be reviewed frequently enough to ensure equal voting rights and account for population movements.


Obligations

  • Periodic Elections

Election Parts

  • Electoral System and Boundary Delimitation

Issues

  • The Election Calendar and Enjoyment of Rights

Criteria

  • The election calendar provided sufficient time for a review of the boundaries to take place as necessary

Quotes

  • Electoral boundaries should be regularly reviewed to reflect demographic changes.
  • Redistricting should be conducted periodically to ensure that equality among voters is not diminished due to population movements
  • In order to guarantee equal voting power, the distribution of seats must be reviewed at least every ten years, preferably outside of election periods.
  • As a good practice, the boundaries of electoral constituencies should be examined and reviewed every ten years and, ideally, shortly after the completion of a periodic population census.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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