The stability of the electoral law is a prerequisite for implementing the principles underlying Europe’s electoral heritage and is vital to the credibility of an electoral process. To this effect, the Venice Commission’s Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters states that “fundamental elements of electoral law, in particular the electoral system proper, membership of electoral commissions and the drawing of constituency boundaries, should not be open to amendment
less than one year before an election”.5 Stability is particularly important regarding the fundamental elements of the electoral law since these aspects are more likely to influence the outcome of an election.