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2025
LEOM
Presidential
To enhance legal certainty and protect the right to stand for election, consideration should be given to ensuring that candidate eligibility is assessed on the basis of clear and objective criteria established by law, rather than on requirements set by Constitutional Court rulings.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Romania
2025
LEOM
Presidential
If the collection of support signatures is retained as a prerequisite for candidate registration, the law should clearly regulate the collection and verification processes to ensure consistency by the election administration and prevent misuse by contestants. Consideration should also be given to reducing the number of required signatures in line with international good practice.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Romania
2019
EAM
Presidential
In order to enhance transparency, rights and obligations of observers should be defined in the election legislation, ensuring full access of domestic and international observers to observe all stages of the electoral process.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Citizen and International Election Observation
Romania
2020
SEAM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency, legislation should include explicit provisions on the right of observers to access all stages of the electoral process.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Citizen and International Observers
Romania
2025
LEOM
Presidential
As previously recommended, the rights and responsibilities of observers should be clearly defined in the law. Observers should be granted unimpeded access to all stages of the electoral process.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Observation
Romania
2019
EAM
Presidential
In order to increase transparency, sessions of the election administration bodies should be open to the public. Decisions and minutes of their sessions should be published in a timely and consistent manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Romania
2019
EAM
Presidential
Political parties and independent candidates should have equal opportunity for representation on election bodies. Preferential rules that put parliamentary parties at an advantage should be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
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
Romania
2019
EAM
Presidential
In order to enhance stability of the election administration, deadlines for the replacements of election bureau members should be extended.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Romania
2019
EAM
Presidential
To enhance the professional capacity of polling personnel, the Electoral Expert Centre should be instituted. Consideration should be given to including the politically nominated BESV members into official training sessions.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Romania
2020
SEAM
Parliamentary
elections
To achieve higher stability of the legislation the standard operating procedures for the functioning of the election bureaus could be established on a permanent basis.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
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 System and Legal Framework
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