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United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To improve the accuracy of the voter registers all states should participate in inter-state voter information exchange.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In line with good practice, the number of supporting signatures for candidate nomination could be revised so as not to exceed one per cent of registered voters. Additionally, federal legislation could clarify rules on nomination, such as appropriate advance deadlines, thereby establishing greater certainty for candidates.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The Hatch Act should be uniformly and consistently applied across all levels of government, including senior-level administration officials and political appointees.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Consideration should be given to increasing funding for public broadcasters to enhance freely available quality public services as well as to support impartial news programming, including election-related reporting.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Media
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Social media companies should continue to strengthen and make their internal policies more transparent, in areas such content moderation or decisions on user appeals.
Recommendation # in final report:
28
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Media
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Last minute changes to deadlines and election procedures should be avoided in all cases in which they would have a detrimental impact on voters’ understanding of procedures or their ability to vote.
Recommendation # in final report:
30
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Early Voting
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
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
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To meet international standards and safeguard the impartiality of the election administration, election officials at state and local level should not oversee elections in which they are competing.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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