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Location Year of election Election type Recommendation # in final report Type of recommendation Thematic area Secondary thematic area Type of change required Status of implementation Comment
United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
States should make every effort to ensure that voter identification requirements are equally accessible to all voters. Consideration should be given to harmonizing federal standards for voter identification for both in-person and postal voting, in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act and to avoid possible discrimination.
Recommendation # in final report: 9
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Voter Registration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Voter Identification
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Congress should consider establishing an enforcement mechanism aimed to protect and foster vibrant and healthy digital public domain. Social media companies should implement policies that promptly address specific harmful content such as intolerant rhetoric, incitement to violence and content that is intended to undermine the electoral integrity.
Recommendation # in final report: 12
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Media
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
In line with OSCE commitments, consideration should be given to ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a means to further protect and promote the electoral rights of women and persons with disabilities.
Recommendation # in final report: 3
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area: Participation of Women
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Legal Framework
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United States of America 2022 LEOM Parliamentary elections
Consideration should be given to ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to further protect and promote the political participation of women and persons with disabilities, respectively.
Recommendation # in final report: 15
Thematic area: Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Legal Framework
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Authorities should consider introducing legally binding requirements for all online and social media to place clear disclaimers indicating the entity paying for campaign advertisements. The social media companies should also maintain publicly accessible and user-friendly databases of placed political ads and vetting of buyers’ origin.
Recommendation # in final report: 26
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area: Media
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Fully
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Campaign Finance
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United States of America 2022 LEOM Parliamentary elections
All jurisdictions using electronic ballot scanning and tabulation should mandate that tabulation audits must be conducted before an election is certified and that the findings of the audit are binding for the results of an election.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Thematic area: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: New Voting Technologies and Cybersecurity
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
In order to safeguard the independence of election administration, private donations should be avoided. Where such funding is permitted it should be strictly regulated, corresponding to rigorously defined needs, and fully disclosed in order to ensure transparency and accountability.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Administration
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Election Administration
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Public officials, political parties, their candidates and supporters should refrain from using inflammatory and discriminatory rhetoric.
Recommendation # in final report: 10
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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United States of America 2022 LEOM Parliamentary elections
The process for certifying voting equipment should be more responsive, to allow for component-level certification and the ability to react in a timely manner to emerging cybersecurity threats. The Elections Assistance Commission’s certification scope should be widened to embrace all critical parts of the voting system, including electronic poll books.
Recommendation # in final report: 20
Thematic area: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: New Voting Technologies and Cybersecurity
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United States of America 2020 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Restrictions on voting rights for persons with criminal convictions should be reviewed to ensure that all limitations are proportionate and that rights be restored upon completion of sentences. Pre-trial detainees should be provided with the possibility to vote and informed about their voting rights and ways to exercise them.
Recommendation # in final report: 7
Type of recommendation: Priority
Thematic area: Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Partially
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Voter Rights
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