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Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
The authorities should consider ways to ensure sufficient numbers of election board members are recruited. This may involve enhancing incentives and/or broadening membership beyond party nominated persons. Efforts should be made to promote gender-balanced representation in election boards, with gender disaggregated data on the composition of election boards made publicly available.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
As previously recommended, consideration could be given to restricting elected officials from directly serving on election boards, in order to safeguard the impartiality of the election administration.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
With the aim of reducing the number of invalid voting cards, the authorities should consider re-designing the voting card in a manner that draws attention to the need to sign the affidavit and instituting enhanced voter information on the process.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
To ensure the equality of voting conditions within Austria, the arrangements for depositing, collecting, and delivering voting cards could be standardised. It may be considered to allow all voters to deposit completed voting cards at their municipal authority.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
The authorities could take measures to enhance the organization of voting, for example, by enforcing the implied limit on the number of registered voters per polling station, more effectively correlating voting hours to the number of registered voters, and increasing the number of polling station board members.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2016
EET
Presidential
Consideration could be given to establishing procedures aimed at ensuring the uniform handling and storage of voting cards received by polling station boards.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Postal Voting and Election Day Procedures
Austria
2017
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure effective oversight of political finance and campaign expenditures, the Court of Audit should be empowered to audit political parties’ accounts on the same basis as other institutions receiving public funds, and should be provided the necessary resources to carry out these duties.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Austria
2017
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with previous OSCE/ODIHR recommendations, and to ensure that effective remedies are available to all citizens, steps should be considered to enable more types of electoral disputes to be resolved by a judicial body before election day, including disputes regarding candidates’ right to stand for elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Austria
2017
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To safeguard the impartiality of the election administration and prevent conflicts of interest, candidates and sitting MPs could be restricted from serving on election boards and steps could be explored to ensure that polling station boards are composed of members from more than one political party.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Austria
2017
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The legal framework should be reviewed to address existing gaps and ambiguities as well as past and present OSCE/ODIHR recommendations. Reform should be undertaken well in advance of the next elections and involve open consultation with all stakeholders.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
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