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Montenegro
2012
Early election
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Measures should be undertaken to increase public trust in the integrity of the electoral process. Such measures could include, but are not limited to, a thorough investigation of allegations of electoral irregularities, a public campaign against vote buying and electoral fraud.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign
Montenegro
2012
Early election
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance public confidence in the quality of voter lists, authorities should remove deceased voters from the voter list and could make more of an effort to inform the public about measures taken to eliminate duplications. While maintaining security of personal data, the MoI could be more open to public scrutiny in its process for updating the voter lists.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Montenegro
2012
Early election
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with previous OSCE/ODIHR recommendations, the legal framework should be amended to eliminate the 24-month residency requirement. Until such an amendment is introduced, uniformity of application of the current provision should be ensured.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Legal Framework and Electoral System
Montenegro
2012
Early election
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The SEC should exercise its authority more actively to oversee the proper implementation of the electoral law. To do so, the SEC should be allocated sufficient financial and human resources.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Montenegro
2013
LEOM
Presidential
The authorities could consider conducting an audit of the voter registers, including a detailed comparison of entries in the voter registers and the source information held in the MoI registers. In order to ensure trust in the outcome of such an audit, the relevant authorities could invite election stakeholders to monitor the process, while ensuring that the security of personal data is maintained.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Montenegro
2013
LEOM
Presidential
The MoI, MIST, and other relevant authorities could conduct a thorough information campaign before each election to inform political parties and citizens about the measures taken to ensure the accuracy of the voter registers.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Montenegro
2013
LEOM
Presidential
In accordance with the electoral law, the authorities should comply with the obligation to provide resources for a permanent secretariat to support the SEC. To this end, consideration could be given to allocating additional funds to the SEC to allow it to fully function in its supervisory and monitoring role.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Montenegro
2008
EOM
Presidential
Consideration should be given to amendments to the LECR that would: - Provide adequate special legal procedures to protect electoral rights during the campaign period. The requirement to use general administrative procedures does not provide for a remedy in the timeframe necessary during an election; - Remove the right of candidates and political parties to receive copies of the voter register extracts from the polling stations; - Be brought in conformity with existing media laws; - Make public posting of all election results and protocols at PSs and MECs obligatory and require that the SEC publish partial preliminary results by polling station at regular intervals on election night; - Introduce more coherent transparency and accountability measures with regard to campaign financing.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
Montenegro
2008
Early election
EOM
Presidential
The Law on the Election of the President could be amended to: - Limit the total number of support signatures required to stand for office to 1 per cent of the total electorate; - Allow citizens to sign in support of more than one candidacy.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
Montenegro
2008
EOM
Presidential
The requirement that all “permanent” SEC or MEC members must be legal graduates needs to be reviewed as in many locations (mostly rural) it severely limits the selection pool for commission members.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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