The inclusion of annexed territories in the electoral constituencies can have implications for electoral standards depending on the effect in the particular case. The election law might be rejected as a proper basis for democratic elections if the inclusion of territory (and voters residing therein) has the effect of distorting the electorate so that the nexus between the national body politic and the electorate lacks credibility. This problem of distortion arises from an extension of the electorate which in turn flows from an unlawful redrawing of the state boundary. The degree of distortion depends on the number of voters added thereby in comparison with the entire electorate of the annexing State. In principle, the addition of foreign territory to the territory in which elections are held may lead to distortions, whatever organisational scheme is used. Both the organisation of elections in one single nationwide constituency and elections held in local districts whose results are combined may distort the electorate, albeit possibly in different degrees.