The Venice Commission and ODIHR have established “Joint Guidelines for preventing and responding to the misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes” (CDL-AD(2016)04). They include a number of measures to prevent the misuse of administrative resources and to prevent public authorities from taking unfair advantage of their positions, including by holding official public events for electoral campaigning purposes. Apart from a thorough legal framework, including effective prohibitions, remedies and sanctions, also non-legal mechanisms are recommended. They shall raise awareness and increase political efforts aimed at preventing the misuse of state positions and public resources during electoral processes.