III. DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL ELECTIONS LAW AND THE DRAFT ELECTION COMMISSIONS LAW

T. Determination of election results

Article 39 regulates the publication of election results. A remarkable level of transparency is achieved when the CEC, as it has done in some past elections, makes preliminary results of all levels of election commission available on its website when they become available. This is a positive practice. Article 39 should be clarified so that it is clear that the phrases “volume of data” and “data contained in protocols” require the publication of all detailed results broken down to the precinct and territorial election commission levels.The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommend that the draft law be amended to require the publication of preliminary results by polling station on the CEC website as they become available.