Catalogue of Recommendations on Electoral Reform

This Catalogue is a collection of recommendations issued by citizen observer organisations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine with regard to elections observed since 2012. It was developed by the EPDE with the aim of supporting these organizations’ efforts of tracking the implementation of recommendations and of encouraging follow-up and engagement on their basis to improve the conduct of elections.

Information contained in this Catalogue has been compiled on the basis of citizen observer organisations’ published election observation reports. Evaluations regarding the extent of implementation of individual recommendations have been provided by the respective organizations. For a comprehensive picture, recommendations and evaluations should be read in conjunction with the original full reports. Records in this Catalogue will be subject to regular update.

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Catalogue of Recommendations

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Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Support signatures
Recommendation:
Excluding from art. 47, para. (3) of the Electoral Code the sentence “The subscription list shall contain only signatures of supporters residing in a single settlement”.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Recommendation:
Explicit regulation of the mechanism of suspension or postponement of elections, including, without the need to declare a state of emergency in this regard, under exceptional circumstances, such as, for example, the epidemiological context
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Publication of decisions
Recommendation:
Avoiding cases of exposure on alleged violations raised in the referral/complaint before resolution and issuance of the decision on the referral/complaint
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign materials
Recommendation:
Amendment of the CEC Regulation on the location of electoral advertising and political promotion materials in order to expressly mention the police competence to declare the contravention on unauthorized display
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body), Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accuracy
Recommendation:
Regular publication, but especially in the context of the organization and conduct of elections, of data from the State Register of Voters
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Recommendation:
Publication of reports on revenues and expenses from the electoral campaign of competitors in “open data” format, friendly to data processing
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Adjusting the Regulation on the financing of political parties to the Regulation on the use of cash register machines in force since 15.04.2019
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign regulation
Recommendation:
Modification of the notion of electoral period and extending the 90-day term, including with the mention of the authority responsible for fixing this term, based on the type of elections (parliamentary, presidential, general local, new local, referendums etc.)
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign regulation
Recommendation:
Modification of the notion of “designating candidates” in art.1 Electoral Code in the sense of its harmonization with the provisions of art. 46 par. (1) and (2); Changing the notion of “electoral campaign” in art. 1 of the Electoral Code in the sense of its harmonization with the provisions of art. 91 of the Electoral Code
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Denial of registration
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Support signatures
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 13 par. (3) of the Electoral Code and other legal provisions related to the modification of the period of suspension of MP candidates running in the single member constituencies and submission of suspension statement simultaneously with the release of the signatures collecting sheets
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign regulation
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 31 par. (7) of the Electoral Code by replacing the phrase “constituency council of Chisinau” with the phrase “constituency council set up for polling stations situated abroad”
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 41 par. (2) and the notion of electoral campaign stipulated in art. 1 of the Electoral Code in order to eliminate uncertainties regarding the start of spending from Electoral Fund account and to unify the provisions of the Electoral Code for all types of elections
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 43 par. (6) of the Electoral Code in order to revise the deadline for the submission of final reports on the financing of electoral campaigns, providing a few days after the election day
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Denial of registration
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 46–49 of the Electoral Code in order to regulate the term of registration of MP candidates, so that both electoral candidates, who have been registered as a result of a judicial examination of the refusal to register them and the ones registered by the electoral body, have the possibility to start the electoral campaign within the same term. We consider that the change in question can be made in the spirit of the provisions of art. 73 of the Electoral Code on the examination of complaints no later than the election day
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Denial of registration
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 51 par. (5) of the Electoral Code and explicit regulation of the procedure for the withdrawal of electoral competitors, outside the term stipulated by the law, before the election day only for breach of law
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Misuse of administrative resources
Recommendation:
Completing art. 52 par. (7) with a view to define administrative resources in line with international standards and setting appropriate sanctions for their misuse
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Voter identification documents
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 58 par. (3) letter c) of the Electoral Code to allow the citizen of the Republic of Moldova to vote abroad on the basis of the identity card, inclusive
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Polling premises
Recommendation:
Examination of the opportunity and necessity of amending Art. 60 of the Electoral Code regarding some additional measures to secure the voting process by expressly regulating the use of video recording cameras within the polling stations
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Composition and appointment
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 81 par. (2) and (3) of the Electoral Code to allow for the constitution of a DEC for each single member constituency established abroad, as well as for the single member constituencies in Transnistrian region
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Legal regulation
Recommendation:
Modification of art. 93 of the Electoral Code in order to offer the possibility to vote in single member constituencies for citizens who do not have their domicile/residence
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Misuse of administrative resources
Recommendation:
Explicit definition and regulation by the Electoral Code of the notion of organized voter transportation as a violation of the electoral legislation with the exact setting of sanctions
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Providing an exact clarification on the statute of the political party in the legislation in terms of donations made by legal entities, as the political party is a legal entity and therefore, the legislation on donations from legal entities is violated when they make money transfers to the “Electoral Fund” account
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Regulating the funding of political parties, electoral competitors, initiative groups by Moldovan citizens temporarily based abroad by bank transfers and setting verifiable ceilings. Individuals, citizens of the Republic of Moldova, should have the right to donate (support) the entities mentioned above
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Voter identification documents
Recommendation:
Examination of the opportunity and necessity of modifying Art. 5 par. (1) letter d) of Law no. 273 of 9 November 1994, as well as art. 9 par. (1) letter i) in order to fit within the legal limits the citizens’ possibility to vote with expired identity documents
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Registration shortly before election day
Recommendation:
Amending the provisions of the Electoral Code and related legislation to examine the opportunity to establish a minimum period of time, when voters could make changes to their residence/domicile before the election day
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Decision making
Recommendation:
Approval and amendment of the CEC Regulations and Instructions only in compliance with the legal provisions on transparency of the decision-making process and the Law on normative acts
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Procedures (Effective, Clear, Formalized)
Recommendation:
Modification of the Regulation on the procedure for the examination and resolution of complaints by electoral bodies during the electoral period, in order to assign the representative of the initiative group of quality as a party to the complaint
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Accuracy
Recommendation:
Monitoring by the CEC of the process of legal transmission of voter’s list in the post-electoral period to local public administrations, informing stakeholders on the results of the process and engaging in solving problematic situations
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Registration requirements
Recommendation:
Modification of Annex no. 15 of the Regulation on appointing and registering candidates for the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, approved by CEC Decision no. 1731 of 3 July 2018, in order to elucidate the moment of suspension from office in the context of the electoral campaign
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Recommendation:
Completing chapter IV (Register Maintenance) of the Regulation on the State Electoral Register, with a view of stipulating the continuous and permanent character of the registrars’ activity and establishing the mode/period of operation of the Register
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accuracy
Recommendation:
Amendment of points 24–27 of the CEC Regulation on the State Electoral Register to limit / bring to unity the number of voters a registrar may be responsible for
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election contestants
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Support signatures
Recommendation:
Modification of point 43 of the Regulation on compellation, submission and verification of signatures collecting sheets in order to revise the conditions for cancellation of the collected signatures and cancellation of the signatures collecting sheets for insignificant reasons (ex. signatures containing signs of rectification of the entered data)
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Support signatures
Recommendation:
Elaboration of a Regulation on the operation of the SIAS Elections System, specifically, the Signature Collecting Sheets Verification module to clarify the problems identified in the parliamentary elections on the completion and verification of signature collecting sheets
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Recommendation:
Exclusion of the provisions of point 19 of the CEC Regulation on the status of observers and the procedure for their accreditation, by which observers are obliged to refrain from making any comments in public about their observations, including in the presence of media representatives or other persons until the closure of the polling stations, considering that this clause is subject to the limitation of the freedom of expression
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Recommendation:
Exclusion of letter c) point 9 of the CEC Regulation on the status of observers and the procedure for their accreditation, harmonizing the observer accreditation procedure with the that for the registration of the persons with consultative voting rights and trustees
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Access of Observers
Recommendation:
Ensuring the observance by PEB of the provisions of art. 68 of the Electoral Code and granting the observers access to the electoral documentation, including the electoral lists and the register of complaints
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Composition and appointment
Recommendation:
Transmitting the responsibilities to open PSs abroad to the CEC and assisting it in the process of identifying suitable locations. Ensuring the transparency of opening of the polling stations abroad. Informing the interested public about the criteria taken into account, the data that will determine the number and geographical location of the polling stations opened abroad
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body), Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Government
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Access of Observers
Recommendation:
Ensuring that observers have access to all information that is relevant to the electoral process
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Authorities (general, broad)
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Registration requirements
Recommendation:
Amendment of the Regulation on the issuance of certificates of integrity, with a view of regulating the possibility of issuing two copies of the Certificate of Integrity to the persons, intending to participate in the parliamentary elections in both national constituency and in single member constituency
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Authorities (general, broad)
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Candidate and party registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Denial of registration
Recommendation:
Harmonization of the judicial examination of disputes regarding the registration and the refusal to register electoral candidates, as well as the examination of other disputes related to the conduct of the electoral campaign, based on the Promo-LEX findings regarding electoral disputes
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Authorities (general, broad)
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance regulations
Recommendation:
Reporting of expenses for lease of temporary headquarters / salary paid to temporarily engaged in electoral work and declaring volunteer work in reports submitted to the CEC
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election contestants
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Association Promo - Lex Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Undue campaign rethoric (eg. discriminatory, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic campaigning, hate speech)
Recommendation:
Avoiding the use of hate speech and discrimination messages
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election contestants
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Black PR
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Black PR
Recommendation:
Introducing standardized training (e.g., in terms of duration and/or scope) would help to raise the level of knowledge among commission members about the electoral process and applicable regulations.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Black PR
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Black PR
Recommendation:
Introducing training well in advance could allow for the creation of a 'corps' of future electoral commission members who would have the theoretical foundation to undertake such a commitment.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Black PR
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Operational capacity (funding, staff, equipment)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Black PR
Recommendation:
The number of commission members and the size of the polling station should be adjusted according to the number of eligible voters in the given electoral precinct.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Partially implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Use of computerized solutions / technologies in administration
Recommendation:
Offering training as in-person sessions, but also e-learning courses.
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Recommendation:
The introduction of a centralized and uniform voter registry to facilitate and secure the system for voters re-registering to a different district.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Operational capacity (funding, staff, equipment)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Polling premises
Recommendation:
Introducing standardization of polling station equipment, including types of seals for ballot boxes, proper voting booths and partitions, bound voter lists, etc.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Voter education and information
Recommendation:
Introducing and/or intensifying educational activities to increase citizens' awareness about the importance and principles of maintaining the secrecy of the vote
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Voter education and information
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Election procedures (opening, voting, counting, tabulation)
Recommendation:
Introducing and/or intensifying educational activities to increase citizens' awareness about the importance and principles of maintaining the secrecy of the vote
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Ballot content
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Election procedures (opening, voting, counting, tabulation)
Recommendation:
Regulating the system for stamping ballots to minimize the risk of voters receiving unstamped ballots, which are subsequently considered invalid and not included in the vote-counting process.
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Operational capacity (funding, staff, equipment)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Polling premises
Recommendation:
Regulating the issue of initially installed surveillance cameras located in rooms designated as polling stations, such as school corridors, so that they do not record the course of the election day.
Action required:
Sub-legal change (eg. in regulations and instructions by election management body)
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Election procedures (opening, voting, counting, tabulation)
Recommendation:
Abandoning the provision allowing annotations within the box that do not invalidate the vote.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Election procedures (opening, voting, counting, tabulation)
Recommendation:
Including in the Electoral Code the right of a voter to obtain a new ballot upon request after previously submitting a ballot that was incorrectly filled out or damaged.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign silence
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Polling premises
Recommendation:
Precisely defining the buffer zone around the building/area where the polling station is located, which must be free of all electoral campaigning, including posters/banners, on election day (similar regulations to those applied to the prohibition of alcohol sales around educational institutions can be used).
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Local / Regional / Municipal
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign silence
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Citizen Observation
Recommendation:
Introducing regulations in the Electoral Code to allow for the documentation of observed electoral irregularities during the voting process by participants in this process.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Partially implemented
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Voter registration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accuracy
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Recommendation:
The issue related to the use of the ePUAP system for voters to request inclusion in the voter list at a chosen electoral commission needs to be resolved.
Action required:
Legal change, Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Implemented
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Postal Voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accuracy
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Suffrage rights of citizens abroad
Recommendation:
The system for sending and receiving electoral packages to and from voters in constituencies abroad needs to be improved.
Action required:
Legal change, Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
In process of implementation
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Decision making
Recommendation:
The National Electoral Commission (PKW) should conduct a more active analysis of errors and issues occurring during the electoral process and use the period between two rounds of voting (if applicable) to identify these errors to commission members and provide guidance on how to minimize them in the second round.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Voting abroad
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Coordination among responsible institutions
Recommendation:
Eliminate problems identified during voting abroad, particularly those related to voter registration and access to information, and make every effort to ensure that all voters can participate in the voting process in accordance with the principle of universal suffrage.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Recommendation:
Take intensive measures to promote and improve the quality of training for electoral commission members, ensuring they are familiar with and adhere to the fundamental principles of the electoral process, particularly those related to the secrecy of the vote, vote counting, and the work of public observers.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1548111600
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Voter education and information
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Public confidence
Recommendation:
Analyze and create a more effective process for informing voters about procedures and issues that may impact their right and ability to vote, as well as their trust in the electoral process, e.g. developing and publicizing a roadmap for improving the electoral process, particularly with regard to enhancing its digitalization.
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Voter education and information
Recommendation:
Highlighting the issue of non-compliance with the principle of vote secrecy, which was observed in the vast majority of the polling stations observed.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1548111600
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Legislation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Stability of legislation (eg. changes too close to elections)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Law-Making Process
Recommendation:
Every effort should be made to avoid introducing legislative changes affecting electoral procedures within a period shorter than the six months required by the Constitutional Tribunal and during the electoral process.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Postal Voting
Recommendation:
Refining the regulations governing postal voting, especially in the event that this form of voting is reinstated in the Electoral Code for voters residing abroad.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
In process of implementation
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Capacity and training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Access of observers
Recommendation:
Introduce regulations that allow public observers working in commissions outside the country to photograph and film the process of opening the polling station and counting votes, as public observers within the country are entitled to do.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Not implemented
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Right to logde complaints / appeals
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Formalistic approach
Recommendation:
For the purpose of filing an electoral complaint, the requirement to include in the voter list those eligible to vote who reside permanently abroad in countries where no polling stations have been established should be waived
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Presidential
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Right to logde complaints / appeals
Recommendation:
Expand the list of entities entitled to file an electoral complaint to include candidates in the elections, party proxies, and public observers.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Online advertising platforms should disclose all advertisements published by political entities and related to political matters for a period of at least 6 years and make them easily accessible to anyone interested.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Each political advertisement should include information about the sources of its financing.
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Online advertising platforms should verify the sponsorship of political campaigns and display detailed information about the sponsor as part of the advertisement.
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Undue campaign rethoric (eg. discriminatory, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic campaigning, hate speech)
Recommendation:
Within the EU, online advertising platforms should only permit political advertisements if they are sponsored by entities based in the EU or by international organizations.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media, Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Online advertising platforms should provide at least automated data processing tools for monitoring institutions, non-governmental organizations, and researchers.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Online advertising platforms should recognize ongoing electoral processes and require advertisers to declare which one they are campaigning in
Action required:
Legal change, Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media, Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Pluralism and competitiveness
Recommendation:
Online advertising platforms should provide specific and clear reasons for why an advertisement was shown to a particular user.
Action required:
Legal change, Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Media, Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Recommending Organization: Coalition of organizations Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
The rules should not be limited to social media but should also be applied to electronic advertising channels, including in-game advertisements.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Legislation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Stability of legislation (eg. changes too close to elections)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Overall guarantees of transparency of the electoral process
Recommendation:
Every effort should be undertaken to ensure that legislative changes regarding electoral law are not implemented less than 6 months before the elections are called, as stipulated by the Constitutional Court.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1603317600
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Electoral System
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Districts and constituencies
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Methods of calculation of votes and seat allocation
Recommendation:
The division of seats among electoral districts should be immediately adjusted basing on the request of the National Election Commission addressed to the Speaker of the Sejm on 21 October 2022.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Electoral System
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Methods of calculation of votes and seat allocation
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Districts and constituencies
Recommendation:
An automatic (sans Parliament) adjustment of the distribution of seats between electoral districts in the elections to the Sejm should be implemented and powers should be granted to the National Election Commission to determine and formally announce each time before the parliamentary elections the number of seats allocated to each electoral district.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Results protocols
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Methods of calculation of votes and seat allocation
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Invalidation of results / repeat voting
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Districts and constituencies
Recommendation:
The 24-hour limit for the transmission of voting results’ protocols by Precinct Election Commissions abroad should be abolished.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Invalidation of results / repeat voting
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Methods of calculation of votes and seat allocation
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Results protocols
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Districts and constituencies
Recommendation:
The National Election Commission should be granted the power to declare the voting results in a precinct (In Poland and abroad) null and void only in the event of a permanent impossibility to determine and transmit the results of the vote from a given precinct due to force majeure.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Impartiality and independence
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Centralized voter register
Recommendation:
Oversight over the Central Register of Voters should be transferred to the National Election Commission.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Voter education and information
Recommendation:
The National Election Commission should intensify its efforts regarding increasing voters’ awareness of the importance of respecting the principle of secrecy of the vote
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1603317600
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election day
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Polling premises
Recommendation:
The upper limit on the number of inhabitants per permanent voting precinct located within Poland should be decreased from 4,000 to at most 3,000.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Referendum
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
Entities that carry on paid referendum campaign should be required to submit separate financial reports on such campaign activities.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Referendum
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Equality of campaign opportunities
Recommendation:
In order to ensure the secrecy of the vote in a nationwide referendum that is conducted together with a general election the method of determining the number of eligible persons who participated in the referendum (establishing its binding character) should be changed.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Voting abroad
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Suffrage rights of citizens abroad
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Postal Voting
Recommendation:
Postal voting for voters abroad should be reinstated.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Transparency (disclosure, reporting)
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Use of computerized solutions / technologies in administration
Recommendation:
The rules for submitting financial reports by election committees should be amended to allow for the digitalisation of both the report and the attached documents
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Ministry - other, Parliament
Implementation Status:
Partially implemented
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Campaign financing
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Campaign finance oversight body
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Secretariat and staff
Recommendation:
The resources of the National Election Office should be increased to enable more efficient execution of tasks related to the monitoring of campaign finance.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body, Parliament
Implementation Status:
Partially implemented
Election Type:
Referendum
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Legal Basis to Observe
Recommendation:
The ability to conduct the observation of a national referendum should be confirmed in the law on the nationwide referendum.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Recommendation:
The deadline by which international observers should submit their accreditation applications to the National Election Commission should be formally established in the Electoral Code. The National Election Commission should be granted the power to determine the format of the application for accreditation for international observers, in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
International Observation
Recommendation:
A standard for an electronic certificate for citizen observers and party proxies should be developed together with political parties and non-governmental organisations.
Action required:
Practice / Implementation
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body, Observer organizations, Political parties
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Right to logde complaints / appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Accreditation Requirements and Practice
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
International Observation
Recommendation:
Organisations delegating citizen observers should be granted (on par with the plenipotentiaries of electoral committees) the right to submit complaints on the guidelines and explanations of the National Electoral Commission under the procedure provided for in Article 161a of the Electoral Code.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Low
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Recommendation:
All members of precinct electoral commissions should be part of the compulsory training regardless of their assigned role.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body, Local authorities
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Training
Recommendation:
The training format should be modernised. More emphasis should be put on issues related to correct couting procedures, the role of the commission members to address violations of the secrecy of the vote, and the rights and duties of party proxies, citizen and international observers
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
High
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Election Management Body, Local authorities
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Right to logde complaints / appeals
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Suffrage rights of citizens abroad
Recommendation:
The requirement (for the purpose of lodging an election protest) to be included in the electoral roll for voters residing abroad in countries where no polling districts have been established, should be removed
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1603317600
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Complaints and appeals
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Right to logde complaints / appeals
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Suffrage rights of citizens abroad
Recommendation:
The catalogue of entities entitled to submit an electoral protest should be extended to include candidates, party proxies and citizen observers
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Repeated implementation:
1603317600
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Capacity and training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Effective legal redress
Recommendation:
Observers and proxies who have documented the work of the PECs should be allowed to use the recording as evidence in proceedings before law enforcement authorities and as part of an election protest, as well as to give it to the delegating organisation to be used for training purposes.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Election administration
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Impartiality and independence
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Capacity and training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Effective legal redress
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Pressure and Intimidation on Observers
Recommendation:
The ‘Mąż Zaufania’ system (an electronic service provided by the Minister of Digitisation) should be decommissioned. If it remains, its supervision should be transferred to the National Election Commission.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended
Election Type:
Parliamentary
Recommending Organization: Political Accountability Foundation Primary Thematic Area: Observation
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Impartiality and independence
Subtopic of primary thematic area:
Capacity and training
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Effective legal redress
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Secrecy of voting
Subtopic of secondary thematic area:
Pressure and Intimidation on Observers
Recommendation:
The right of party proxies and citizen observers to document (audio/video) the work of the Precinct Election Commission should be restricted to activities preceding the start of voting and following its completion.
Action required:
Legal change
Degree of Recommendation's Priority / Urgency / Relevance:
Medium
Body / Institution Responsible for Implementation:
Parliament
Implementation Status:
Recommended