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Paragraph 210
 

Vote buying, i.e. the distribution of goods or money to voters combined with the request to vote for a particular candidate or party, is strictly forbidden by law but rather difficult to prove. According to international observers, it is allegedly common practice in some countries before and on election day. Long-standing practices of vote-buying and “organised” voting were raised as issues of concern, inter alia, in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.