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Article 3
 

General principles

1. Elections are periodic.

2. Elections are conducted through free, secret, equal and direct voting, according to the rules provided for in this Code. Voters exercise their right to vote freely.

3. Every Albanian citizen, who has reached the age of 18, including on election day, without distinction according to race, ethnicity, gender, language, political conviction, religious belief, physical ability or economic condition, has the right to vote and to be elected in accordance with the rules provided in this Code.

4. Each voter has the right to only one vote for the election of an electoral subject.

5. Electoral subjects are free to present their electoral programmes in any lawful manner and form.

6. Electoral commissions provided for in this Code fulfil their functions in conformity with the law and in an impartial and transparent manner.

7. Except as otherwise provided for by law, it is prohibited to provide for the use of electoral subjects any means, funds or different materials that are public property, as well as human resources of the public administration of any level.

8. Institutions of public administration of any level shall not impair the conduct of the elections with their activity.