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Recommendation CM(2017)5 on standards for e-voting and documents thereto provide for a series of criteria and requirements to proper regulation of e-voting: guaranteeing its technical reliability; ensuring the secrecy and privacy of personal data; creating appropriate administrative environment; transparency and clarity of electronic tools, etc. Adherence to these standards is crucial for ensuring the free expression of the voters’ wishes during elections or referendum through e-voting. The Draft law does not seem to provide these conditions. Moreover, Member States that introduce e-voting shall do so in a gradual and progressive manner26.The Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend excluding this issue from the Draft law and regulating it globally at a later date by way of a separate law, which would also address local, parliamentary and presidential elections. In case electronic voting is introduced, it should be regulated by a specific comprehensive law adopted in an inclusive manner which provides for a reliable, secure, and transparent electronic voting system, to be tested and verified by the CEC under transparent conditions.