Electoral Observation Missions and Recommendations Database



Recommendations
Recommendation Categories Comments
Electoral Justice Electoral Justice No Reported Actions
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The courts should provide written, reasoned decisions on election cases available to the public, including on all emergency applications heard and decided. If necessary given tight deadlines, written reasons can be provided after the ruling has been made

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Electoral Justice Electoral Justice No Reported Actions
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States should provide clear and consistent access to recounts and audits, and timelines that facilitate the ability for these recounts and audits to be carried out.

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Electoral Justice Electoral Justice No Reported Actions
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The next Congress should use the Constitution’s Elections Clause to pursue reforms that reduce the vulnerabilities of the current election dispute resolution system

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No reported actions
Electoral Bodies Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Promoting the establishment of independent electoral bodies across all states, that are responsible for the organization of electoral processes and the certification of results.

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No reported actions
Postal Voting Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Establishing deadlines for registration to vote via mail, which allow ample time for EMB´s to send ballots, and for citizens to cast their vote and either send or deliver it. Uniformity in this deadline would allow the public to have a clearer understanding of their rights and responsibilities.

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No reported actions
Postal Voting Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Encouraging states that have turned to universal postal voting to strengthen their voters registries and to determine effective ways to update electors addresses (via EMB and USPS) in order to ensure voters rights

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No reported actions
Postal Voting Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Facilitating efforts to provide timely and accurate information to citizens on changes to voting rules, dates and deadlines, to ensure public awareness and trust in the results of the election.

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Training for Poll Workers Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Considering legislation that explicitly mandates training as a pre-requisite for the participation of all poll workers in the electoral process.

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Training for Poll Workers Electoral Organization No Reported Actions
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Promoting measures to establish minimum uniform standards for training programs across the states to ensure a quality electoral product throughout the United States.

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No reported actions
Electoral Technology Electoral Technology No Reported Actions
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Ensuring that the new Version 2.0 of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines establish more opportunity for independent security experts by state and local governments to do open ended testing of the equipment. The VVSG 2.0 should also require EMS vendors to provide continuous updates and patches for voting machines and Election Management Systems.

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Electoral Technology Electoral Technology No Reported Actions
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Suggesting that all states and counties replace outdated DRE machines with voting systems that produce a voter-verifiable paper record, thus creating a “paper trail” of each voter’s selections.

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Political Participation of Women Gender No Reported Actions
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In keeping with the recommendation of the 2016 Mission, encouraging political parties to support women’s political participation through the recruitment of female candidates, facilitating the access of female candidates to financing and relevant training, and appointing more women to party leadership roles to make the party organization itself a source of female candidates.

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No reported actions
Media Coverage Media No Reported Actions
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Maintaining a close collaboration to ensure that these and other SMS-messaging, such as Telegram and Whatsapp, are better protected from future attempts at malicious use.

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Electoral Boundaries Political and Legal Systems No Reported Actions
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Promoting reform that delegates redistricting to bipartisan or non-partisan commissions instead of state legislators. Successful reform cases, such as California and Michigan, offer insights on possible approaches that can be considered.

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No reported actions
Electoral Boundaries Political and Legal Systems No Reported Actions
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Considering the establishment of a set of minimum re-districting requirements with which congressional districts must comply in every state

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Electoral Boundaries Political and Legal Systems No Reported Actions
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Encouraging greater transparency and accountability in all 50 states in the design of electoral maps.

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Political Finance Political Financing No Reported Actions
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Employing all means, including an appeal to bipartisanship, to ensure the full complement of the FEC is installed and thus able to enforce the rules governing federal campaign finance.

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No reported actions
Political Finance Political Financing No Reported Actions
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Enacting stronger disclosure laws to ensure equity and transparency in elections.

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No reported actions