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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Ballots should be available in the principal languages in multilingual societies.


Obligations

  • Right and Opportunity to Vote

Election Parts

  • Voting Operations

Issues

  • Ballot Design and Voter Choice

Criteria

  • Ballots were understandable and user-friendly

Quotes

  • In multilingual societies, ballots should be available in major minority languages.
  • In countries with more than one official language, ballot papers should be available in all official languages.
  • For instance, participating States could consider facilitating the efforts of citizens belonging to national minorities to exercise their right to vote by introducing targeted measures to overcome specific difficulties, such as language barriers, including by providing readily accessible information and materials about voting in minority languages in areas inhabited by minorities.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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