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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 2018 LEOM Parliamentary elections
Federal authorities should create conditions to allow out-of-country voters to cast their ballots in secrecy, while providing sufficient time for requesting and returning ballots.
Recommendation # in final report: 31
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Day
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Early Voting
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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
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United States of America 2022 LEOM Parliamentary elections
To ensure timely and effective legal remedy and equal voting opportunities, state legislation should prescribe clear and objective criteria for the extension of voting hours.
Recommendation # in final report: 31
Thematic area: Election Day
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2024
Final report heading: Election Day
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United States of America 2024 LEOM Presidential and Parliamentary
In order to ensure that court orders and decisions are rendered well in advance of election day, and to limit legal uncertainty, consideration should be given to the adoption of legislative measures to establish reasonable and sufficient time limits for the proceedings and determination of lawsuits filed at state and federal courts.
Recommendation # in final report: 31
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Dispute Resolution
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United States of America 2016 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Consideration should be given to enhance nationwide or inter-state mechanisms to provide comprehensive security of electronic voting and counting systems.
Recommendation # in final report: 31
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: Fully
Year of assessment: 2020
Final report heading: New Voting Technologies
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United States of America 2018 LEOM Parliamentary elections
To help address security and reliability concerns of aging equipment, the authorities should upgrade or replace existing NVT. Such equipment should support a voter-verified paper audit trail and a secondary results verification method. Procurement of NVT should follow best practices compiled by the EAC.
Recommendation # in final report: 32
Type of recommendation: Other
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
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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
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United States of America 2016 EOM Presidential and Parliamentary
Consideration should be given to the adoption of laws and regulations that set clear criteria for the determination of voter intent when ballots are counted or re-counted.
Recommendation # in final report: 32
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area: Election Day
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not implemented
Year of assessment: 2020
Final report heading: Election Day
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United States of America 2018 LEOM Parliamentary elections
All jurisdictions using NVT should require post-election audits as a secondary results verification method. In particular, consideration could be given to using Risk Limiting Audits.
Recommendation # in final report: 33
Type of recommendation: Other
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
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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
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