An electoral process as understood in the report is a period going beyond the electoral campaign as strictly understood in electoral laws, it covers the various steps of an electoral process as starting from, for example, the territorial set-up of elections, the recruitment of election officials or the registration of candidates or lists of candidates for competing in elections. This whole period leads up to the election of public officials. It includes all activities in support of or against a given candidate, political party or coalition by incumbent government representatives before and during election day. An electoral campaign as defined in the report starts at such an early stage. Hence, the report alludes to domestic provisions that for some of them strictly refer to the electoral campaign, for some others to larger periods. Electoral campaigns are part of the electoral process. Hence, it does not impact the comparative dimension of the methodology used for this report (in particular regarding the comparative table on legislation, opinions and election observation missions’ reports dealing with administrative resources). The report retains therefore a broad definition of the electoral process.