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Electoral Justice
Electoral Justice
No Reported Actions
Description
Engage efforts at the earliest opportunity to confirm the positions of Chancellor and Chief Justice of Guyana in order to avoid negative perceptions of the independence of the judiciary.
Actions
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Electoral Justice
Electoral Justice
No Reported Actions
Description
Establish an appropriate timeframe for the determination of an election petition by the High Court, in the interest of justice and settling an election. This should also apply to an appeal on an election petition before the Court of Appeal.
Actions
No reported actions
Access to the Vote
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
Consider extending the categories of persons who are entitled to vote early to poll workers.
Actions
No reported actions
Integrity of the Electoral Process
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
The pertinent national authorities, including the Guyana Elections Commission, should undertake a comprehensive analysis of the events following the close of the polls on March 2, 2020, particularly the occurrences in Region Four, which gave rise to significant distrust in the initial election results and eroded confidence in the electoral system and process.
Actions
No reported actions
Integrity of the Electoral Process
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
The findings of this analysis should be applied to an evaluation of Guyana’s electoral framework, including electoral legislation, regulations, procedures and practices, as well as any provisions related to electoral offences and crimes, in order to identify and remedy any areas in which weaknesses currently exist, and which may have enabled the challenges witnessed in the 2020 electoral process.
Actions
No reported actions
Integrity of the Electoral Process
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
Given the role played by senior election officials in the 2020 challenges, the evaluation should include an assessment of the role, responsibilities and authority as well as the recruitment process of election officials at all levels, to ensure that sufficient checks and balances exist and that the overall authority of the Guyana Elections Commission is clarified.
Actions
No reported actions
Tabulation Procedures
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
Review, update and standardize the existing instruction manuals for electoral officials to resolve conflicting information, provide more comprehensive and explicit guidance and ensure that updated reference information is available to staff at polling stations.
Actions
No reported actions
Voting Procedures
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
As noted by the 2015 EOM, and in order to avoid long lines of voters waiting to cast their ballots, GECOM should consider introducing a standardized process that will allow the verification of more than one voter while one voter is casting his/her ballot.
Actions
No reported actions
Voting Procedures
Electoral Organization
No Reported Actions
Description
Review and resolve the question of utilizing private residences as polling places well ahead of the next elections, to ensure that the uncertainty this issue generated prior to the 2020 elections does not reoccur.
Actions
No reported actions
Electoral Technology
Electoral Technology
No Reported Actions
Description
Consider implementing a system to issue preliminary results for national elections, in order to make this information available on Election Day or on the morning thereafter. This would include establishment of a central computerized results receiving center, where election results summaries are transmitted electronically from each of the ten Regions to the Chief Elections Officer. Scanned Statements of Poll can be sent to the CEO simultaneously to be published alongside the digitized electoral results.
Actions
No reported actions
Electoral Technology
Electoral Technology
No Reported Actions
Description
Develop a technology solution for the electoral system which supports the final tabulation of the results of the election
Actions
No reported actions
Electoral Technology
Electoral Technology
No Reported Actions
Description
Publish official tabulated elections results online, through the Electoral Commission’s official website, to ensure faster and simultaneous transmission to a wider audience, including political parties, journalists and citizens
Actions
No reported actions
Electoral Technology
Electoral Technology
No Reported Actions
Description
Establish a help desk management system to manage and control the delivery of electoral material; monitor and control the opening and closing of the polls; and manage the delivery of information and support to electoral workers, and others.
Actions
No reported actions
Registration of Electors
Electoral Technology, Political and Legal Systems
No Reported Actions
Description
Introduce an appropriate technology solution in order to enhance accuracy, transparency and efficiency in the voter registration system.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Participation of Women
Gender
No Reported Actions
Description
Revise the legislation to strengthen the effectiveness of the existing gender quota, ensuring that the persons extracted from the candidate lists to enter the parliament reflect the gender composition of those lists. Also, consider the inclusion of measures to progressively encourage parity in the extraction of members of parliament from the lists, in order to promote the equal representation of men and women in the National Assembly.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Participation of Women
Gender
No Reported Actions
Description
Compile and publish gender-disaggregated data on the various electoral processes, including data on candidates, electors, voters and poll workers.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Participation of Women
Gender
No Reported Actions
Description
Formalize and enforce policies to expedite the voting process for pregnant women, women with young children, disabled voters and the elderly, while educating all electors on the right of these persons to move through the voting process quickly and, where needed, with assistance.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Participation of Women
Gender
No Reported Actions
Description
Protect all candidates, particularly women and youth, from social or economic retribution if they choose to stand as candidates. Political aspirants should have guarantees of legal recourse if they lose employment based on participation in electoral politics
Actions
No reported actions
Political Participation of Women
Gender
No Reported Actions
Description
Political parties, civil society and other relevant stakeholders should collaborate in developing training programs and other initiatives that promote women’s participation and leadership in politics
Actions
No reported actions
Automatic Verification of New Electors
Political and Legal Systems
No Reported Actions
Description
Consider a process whereby the data of registrants who have reached the age of 18 is extracted from the NRR on a monthly basis and sent to the Registration Officers of the respective divisions for field research and verification. This will allow the database to be regularly updated and significantly reduce the numbers of persons in this category to be verified prior to an election.
Actions
No reported actions
Official List of Electors (OLE)
Political and Legal Systems
No Reported Actions
Description
Revise the structure of the OLE to facilitate the extraction of data, providing the total number of electors at the end of the respective pages for subdivisions, divisions, polling districts and the overall List.
Actions
No reported actions
Structure of the Electoral Authority
Political and Legal Systems
No Reported Actions
Description
Guyana engages in a multi-stakeholder discussion on the structure of the electoral authority in order to enhance the deliberative nature and decision-making of the Commission and to imbue greater impartiality and credibility in this important institution.
Actions
No reported actions
Update of the National Register of Registrants
Political and Legal Systems
No Reported Actions
Description
Review and amend the electoral laws to establish a legal framework for the periodic cleansing and updating of the National Register of Registrants. This should be undertaken as soon as practicable and well in advance of the next election.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Finance
Political Financing
No Reported Actions
Description
Discuss and enact comprehensive legislation and regulations to govern campaign financing, including identification of the sources of funding, prevention of anonymous donations, limitation of private and in-kind donations to political and electoral campaigns, limitations on contributions from individuals and corporations, clear reporting requirements of candidates and political parties and provisions regarding access to information.
Actions
No reported actions
Political Finance
Political Financing
No Reported Actions
Description
Engage all stakeholders in a national process leading to the development and approval of the legislation and regulations. In this regard, an Independent National Commission, with representation from the National Assembly, the Executive, political parties and civil society, could be a useful mechanism to discuss modalities and suggest draft legislation on campaign financing regulations. The OAS model legislation on campaign finance, as well as efforts in other CARICOM and/or Commonwealth countries that have adopted legislation on political financing, might be a useful point of departure for these discussions.
Actions
No reported actions
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