To ensure as much as possible respect for the right to free elections, the Venice Commission recommends addressing the following issues as a matter of priority before the next elections:

- Ensuring that all Haitian nationals be in a position to take part in the electoral process;
- Ensuring the proper registration of voters;
- Ensuring equal access to the voting process all over the territory;
- Limiting the restrictions to the right to be elected to cases of criminal convictions, while considering whether the political rights of citizens should be suspended for citizens awaiting trial for serious crimes;
- Providing for a balanced composition of the lower electoral administration with no possibility to dismiss its members at will;
- Speeding up the process of transmission and announcement of results and ensuring its transparency;
- If the introduction of a judicial appeal is not possible, suppressing – or at least limiting as much as possible - the cases when the Transitional Electoral Council decides on appeals against its own decisions;
- Ensuring full access of domestic (partisan and non-partisan) and international observers to all stages of the electoral process; ensuring the training of domestic election observers;
- Ensuring limited public financing of the electoral campaign without providing incentives to the creation of parties without any real basis;
- Ensuring equal access to public media;
- Providing for effective measures towards representation and participation of women and youth both as candidates and voters.