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United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Federal authorities should continue creating conditions to allow out-of-country voters adequate time to submit their ballots, while ensuring the secrecy of the vote. In order to reduce mailing periods, all states should consider allowing for electronic requests for postal ballots and the possibility for voters to receive ballots electronically.
Recommendation # in final report:
31
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Early Voting
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To help address security and reliability concerns of ageing equipment, the election jurisdictions should be mandated to review and periodically upgrade or replace existing outdated voting technology solutions. Such equipment should have a voter-verified paper audit trail to support methods to verify the machine-based vote counts.
Recommendation # in final report:
32
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Jurisdictions using Ballot Marking Devices for voting should provide comprehensive voter information to ensure that voters check that their ballots were marked as intended. In addition, scanning technologies that read and allow voteryvoters to verify their printed choices could be considered to ensure that there is no discrepancy of scrutinizing the ballots.
Recommendation # in final report:
33
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In order to enhance transparency and voter confidence, jurisdictions should consider the use of ballots in which all elements indicating voter’s choices are human readable.
Recommendation # in final report:
34
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The Election Assistance Commission’s mandate on certification of voting machines could be broadened to include the authority to decertify voting technologies based on emerging cyber security threats. The Commission’s mandate on certification should be extended to voter registration systems, electronic poll books, ballot-on-demand solutions and results transmission systems.
Recommendation # in final report:
35
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To prevent unauthorized access to voting equipment due to security gaps, election officials in all jurisdictions should consider a detailed and formalized examination of their maintenance, storage, testing and set-up procedures to facilitate trust in the conduct of elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
36
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
All jurisdictions relying on technology for voting, counting of votes and tabulation of results should mandate some form of a post-election audit as a results verification method.
Recommendation # in final report:
37
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To enhance transparency, jurisdictions should consider promptly publishing results by polling station. When reporting preliminary results, election officials should also include available information on how many provisional and absentee ballots have yet to be processed. State authorities should publish preliminary and final election results.
Recommendation # in final report:
38
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
As previously recommended, to ensure equal suffrage, citizens residing in the District of Columbia, as well as U.S. territories, should be provided with full representation rights in Congress.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Thematic area:
Electoral System
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Rights, Voter Registration and Identification
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with international standards and good practices, redistricting should be conducted by independent bodies, in a non-partisan and transparent manner, ensuring competitiveness and an effective opportunity for voters, including minorities, to elect the representatives of their choice. The legal framework should provide for clear and objective criteria for redistricting and based on public consultation and appropriate public input in redistricting.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Thematic area:
Electoral System
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Electoral System and Redistricting
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