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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
2025
EOM
Local
elections
The legal framework should be amended to allow independent candidacies for municipal councils. The number of nominated candidates on the lists should be decided exclusively by the respective electoral contestants.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Electoral System
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2025
EOM
Local
elections
To streamline the candidate registration process, consideration could be given to requiring nominating entities, rather than the election administration, to obtain and submit court certificates about the criminal records of prospective candidates, along with other required nomination documentation.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2014
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
It is recommended to lift the residency requirement to be a presidential candidate.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2018
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2014
EOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Consideration could be given to providing alternative methods for signature collection in order to reduce the potential for intimidation. In addition, in line with a previous recommendation, restriction that citizens may sign for only one candidate for each election could be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
No longer valid
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2009
EOM
Presidential
and Local
The requirement that signature collection is performed at the local or regional office of the Ministry of Justice could be reconsidered, in light of assertions by a number of candidates that citizens may consider it intimidating to appear before a government official to sign in support of an opposition candidate. One alternative would be to allow candidates and parties to organize the signature collection themselves. In this case, the SEC should be tasked with verifying the signatures, possibly using a random sample.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
No longer valid
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2009
EOM
Presidential
and Local
The restriction that citizens may sign for only one candidate for each election could be reconsidered. The process would be more open and inclusive if citizens could sign for as many candidates as they choose to support. Such a provision might also increase voter confidence in the secrecy of their vote, since signing for a candidate would not necessarily be seen as supporting only that candidate.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2013
EOM
Local
elections
The Electoral Code could include specific provisions regarding the time and conditions for withdrawal of registered candidate lists. It could also be considered to establish the possibility that a candidate list may be partly accepted (for example, only the names of candidates on the list that meet the eligibility criteria are accepted, and the others deleted from the list). Should such provisions be introduced, it is recommended that safeguards are established to ensure that the right to withdraw candidate lists is not abused.
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
North Macedonia
2013
EOM
Local
elections
Further efforts to increase the number of women candidates are necessary. Consideration could be given to amending Article 64.5 of the Electoral Code, to provide that if a woman elected from a candidate list for municipal council resigns, she is replaced by the next woman on the list.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Women
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
North Macedonia
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
As previously recommended, consideration could be given to providing alternative methods for signature collection in order to reduce the potential for intimidation.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
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