The Venice Commission and ODIHR do not recommend any specific electoral system. Different electoral systems and multiple options on how they are presented are found across the member states of the Venice Commission and the OSCE region. They have different advantages and shortcomings; however, the choice of an electoral system is a sovereign decision of a state through its political system, provided that international obligations, guaranteeing, in particular, universal, equal, free and secret suffrage, are respected. The Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters states that, “within the respect of the above-mentioned principles [that is the rest of the Code], any electoral system may be chosen”.17 The principles of universal, equal, free and secret suffrage, as developed in the Code, thus apply to electoral systems. The most relevant in the field is the principle of equal suffrage, which entails inter alia equal voting rights and equal voting power.