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United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Election administration should be able to work in an atmosphere free from threat and coercion. Any cases of threats and personal attacks on election administrators should be promptly investigated by federal and state law enforcement agencies, and sanctioned in accordance with the law.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance the transparency of the electoral process, all jurisdictions should consider timely publication of full precinct-level results protocols.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Election Day
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency and voter confidence, printouts from BMDs should only reflect voter’s choices in a human-readable format. Jurisdictions should conduct voter education campaigns encouraging voters using BMDs to verify the contents of their printed ballot. Additionally, election officials should incorporate the periodic testing of BMDs before and during election day, as part of voting operations.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
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 and Cybersecurity
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The practice of ballot ‘curing’ could be considered in all states, with a view to decreasing the number of invalid absentee and provisional votes and in order to ensure that voters’ choice is respected.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Alternative Voting Methods
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In order to further increase cyber security capacity at state and lower levels, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other relevant cyber security organizations should continue expanding their services and training efforts to encompass all election jurisdictions.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Cyber Security
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In order to enhance transparency and voter confidence, jurisdictions should consider the use of ballots in which all elements indicating voter’s choices are human readable.
Recommendation # in final report:
34
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
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
The Election Assistance Commission’s mandate on certification of voting machines could be broadened to include the authority to decertify voting technologies based on emerging cyber security threats. The Commission’s mandate on certification should be extended to voter registration systems, electronic poll books, ballot-on-demand solutions and results transmission systems.
Recommendation # in final report:
35
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
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
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with international standards, an effective and timely legal remedy should be available for all aspects of the electoral process, including redistricting.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Electoral System and Redistricting
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