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Paragraph 81
 
81.  The legal threshold for participating in the allocation of mandates is 3 per cent in local government elections instead of 5 per cent. However, the law is not clear how the 3 per cent is determined. The OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission recommend that Article 40 be amended to provide that the 3 per cent is of the total number of valid votes cast.