criteria for neutral impartial and transparent elections Time line and inventory of political criteria for assessing the quality of an election 12 th Europ ID: 273128
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Essential criteria for neutral, impartial and transparent elections – Time line and inventory of political criteria for assessing the quality of an electionSlide2
12th Europ
Conf
of Elect.Managm. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015
I Election as a process over many months and years
II First protocol
EConvHR
, Code of good
pract
in elect
matters,Copenhagen
Criteria, OSCE/
Odhir
“Bluebook”,
Declar
. of principles for intern. elect.
observ
.,
ECourtHR
.Slide3
12th Europ Conf of Elect.Managm. Bodies, Brussels, 30 March 2015The 15 main topics/criteria in the 7 main stages in the electoral processStage of the process Sound legislationElect system
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Elect. belong to people- Approved by a Referendum- Really representative (More than maj formation)Slide4
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015
2
Electoral law
- inclusive
- offering real choices/options
- no closed list, no fix by party bosses
- regional constituencies (max 2% to get a seatSlide5
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 20153 Political party easy to establish
transparence
in establishment and funding
Public Payback after half percentSlide6
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 20154 Camp financing -
Contrib
of over 100 Euro on ,
- Doubled by State (max 1000)Slide7
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015II. Quality of political Culture and political culture and political freedoms 5. Freedom-Checks
- Right to speak, associate, meet
- Freedom of press, access and Freedoms of public sphere
- Degree of pluralism
- Right to disagree without fearsSlide8
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015III. Elections day clear6 Voter’s List/registration
- ord. communal
regist
as best way
voters absent abroad should be known
7.
Cand
select process
- party conference/party primaries/
+/- TV/press-influenceSlide9
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015IV. Election campaign 8. Public deliberations
- Real public pluralist
programmat
.
deliberations
- Free TV/radio/press time, same
attractive placement
9. Equal level playing field
- no
administ
.
ressourcesSlide10
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015V. Election-“period”/day 10. Voters information and doc at home -
3 weeks
before
?
secrecy ?
voter.pamphlet
11.Casting by
mail,internet,Ballot
-BoxSlide11
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015VI. Counting12. Publically surveyed counting
- POS and citizen based
- Transparent district/
reg
additioning
13.Results information
no estimations before end polling
POS-
Protocoll
attatchedSlide12
12th Europ Conf of
Elect.Managm
. Bodies, Brussels, 30st march 2015VII. Complaints
14. Legally to every court
15. Fairness to the
Indep.public.Elect.Auth
à la CAN