In order to further improve the compliance of the draft law with international human rights standards and OSCE commitments, ODIHR and the Venice Commission make the following key recommendations:

A. Cases and procedures for dismissal or replacement of members of election commissions – including polling boards - should be made more precise, and open to judicial review; consideration should be given to defining a dispute settlement mechanism in order to prevent and/or to counteract any abuse of the Parliament’s right to dissolve the CEC;
B. Adequate representation of national minorities in membership of election commissions should be ensured;
C. The draft law should establish detailed rules for signature collection and verification. Clear liability rules and sanctions for violations, including for forgery of registration documents and breaches of voters’ personal data integrity, need to be established in line with previous ODIHR recommendations;
D. Repeat elections should only be required in case of gross violation of the law where the discrepancy could have affected the election results and subsequently the allocation of mandates.