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North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To prevent group voting and preserve free choice for each voter, the State Election Commission should enhance training sessions and voter education campaigns. Election officials should enforce effective procedural safeguards during voting, such as informing voters about the voting process and upholding rules for assisted voting to prevent group or family voting.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Days
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To ensure the operational efficiency of the State Election Commission and the Municipal Election Commissions, the authorities should provide adequate, effective, and timely budget allocations to these bodies, including in non-election years when needed, to ensure adequate conditions for hiring sufficient qualified staff.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Administration
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To enhance the effectiveness of appointing Municipal Election Commissions and electoral boards, consideration should be given to updating and revising the database of civil and public servants and broadening the eligibility criteria to expand the pool of suitable appointees. To ensure the stability of these bodies, the legislation should establish a reasonable deadline for changes in their composition prior to election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
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:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Administration
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To ensure the secrecy of the vote, legal criteria for establishing polling stations should be reviewed. In particular, polling stations with fewer than ten voters should be merged with nearby polling stations and their ballots cast together.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Days
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The SEC should take measures to lower the incidence of procedural inconsistencies during the vote count and arithmetic mistakes on results protocols, including by revising procedures and results protocols and by enhancing the training of election board members.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Dispute Resolution
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To guarantee that all eligible citizens can effectively exercise their right to vote, authorities should take appropriate measures to ensure that all voters, including those without valid identification documents, are effectively included in the voter register. The Electoral Code should be amended to provide for updates to the voter register between the two rounds of the presidential election.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
North Macedonia
2021
EOM
Local
elections
To ensure meaningful access to and transparency of the voter register and voter lists, the SEC should publish voter registration data disaggregated by polling station, periodically and before and after each election, while limiting the type of voters’ personal data made publicly available and introducing technical safeguards to prevent its unauthorized processing.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The requirement for prospective candidates to disclose their ethnic identity should be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2024
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Relevant state and public institutions should take additional steps to enhance women’s participation in the electoral process and political decision-making. Political parties should identify and address barriers to women’s involvement in politics, including by conducting gender audits and reviewing and reforming intra-party practices that hinder their effective representation within party structures.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Women
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Electoral Campaign
North Macedonia
2020
Early election
SEAM
Parliamentary
elections
The legal framework should be harmonized with international standards related to the right to vote of persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
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