Rights and obligations of electoral subjects during the campaign

(amended by Law No. 74, dated 19 July 2012, and Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. During the election campaign, every electoral subject shall have the right to conduct electoral propaganda in any lawful manner.

2. Relations of electoral subjects with radio-television operators concerning the coverage of their campaign activities, electoral messages or ads of the subject, shall comply with the rules, conditions, and limitations set out in this law.

3. Rules, conditions, and limitations set out in this law shall be aimed at guaranteeing equality among electoral subjects in the race, ensuring impartiality of radio-television operators towards the campaign and certain electoral subjects, as well as at protecting electoral subjects from practices of deformation of electoral messages, censorship, and unlawful use of media.

4. Electoral poll results may not be published during the last 5 days prior to the election date, including the election date, until the time polls are closed.

5. The publication of electoral poll results must also include the name of the poll organiser, the commissioning party, number of interviews, margin of error, as well as the period the poll was conducted.

6. Electoral campaigning in public institutions shall be prohibited.

7. Electoral subjects and candidates shall be forbidden and held criminally liable if they offer or give money, material goods, promise jobs or other favours, in whatever form, to the voter or other related persons, with the aim to obtain the signature for the presentation of a candidate in elections, to vote in a certain way, to participate or not in voting, or to engage in illegal activities when supporting a candidate or a political party.

8. Electoral subjects and their candidates, through the electoral subjects, shall bear the obligation for transparency of income and expenditures, in accordance to the rules stipulated in this law and in relevant secondary legislation.

9. Electoral subjects and their candidates shall be forbidden to organise, conduct, or cover expenditures, themselves or through third parties, for concerts, cultural and entertaining shows, or charity activities, regardless of whether they are organised during or in relation to electoral rallies, or as campaign activities or activities outside of the campaign.

10. The provision of printed campaign items and materials, on the condition that their value is smaller than five hundred Lek per item or material, shall not constitute a violation and electoral subjects and candidates shall be allowed to provide such. The CEC shall keep and update the list of items and materials allowed for the campaign, with the maximum values for each of them.