Country:
				
		
			Belarus
	    
	        	Organization:
				
		
			Belarusian Helsinki Committee
		
	        	Year:
				
		
			2015
		
	        	Election Type:
				
		
			Presidential
	        
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		    	Election administration
	        
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				Composition and appointment
	        
	        	Recommendation:
				
		
		The Electoral Code must be supplied with the provision that would ensure the presence of representatives of political parties in election commissions, as well as a pluralistic composition of commissions. It is necessary to ensure the right of the political parties that take part in the electoral campaign, including the presidential electoral campaign, to delegate one representative to each territorial, constituency and polling station electoral commission. The local executive bodies need to be entitled to form the commissions of other nominees for the seats in the election commission only in case none of the political parties use this right. By analogy, the primary right to nominate their representatives to election commissions must belong to candidates for president. Moreover, the criteria for the choice of members to election commissions need to be legally defined (nomination by political parties, education, other professional experience) with the aim to decrease the opportunities for an arbitrary approach in the formation of the commissions and provide the opportunities for court review during the consideration of relevant complaints.
	        
	        	Action required:
				
		
		Legal change
	        
	        	Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
				
		
		High
	        
	        	Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
				
		
		Parliament
	        
	        	Implementation Status:
				
		
			
	Not implemented