Council of Europe - Venice Commission

AUSTRIA - Extracts of the Costitution (2000)

Article 23 (b);

GREECE- Extracts of the Constitution (1975)

Article 31;

04. ESTONIA – Riigikogu Election Act (2024)

Article 27 ; Article 30; Article 32;

ALBANIA - Electoral Code (2008)

Article 63; Article 69; Article 70; Article 71;

ALBANIA - Electoral Code (2015)

Article 162; Article 69; Article 70;

ALBANIA - Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania (2020)

Article 162; Article 69;

ANDORRA - Electoral Law (2007)

Article 20;

ARMENIA - Electoral Code (2022)

Article 137 ;

AZERBAIJAN - Election Code (2003)

Article 53;

AZERBAIJAN - Election Code (2019)

Article 146; Article 147; Article 214; Article 215; Article 53; Article 56; Article 57; Article 59;

AZERBAIJAN - Law on Local Elections (1999)

Article 25;

BELARUS - Electoral Code (2000)

Article 61;

BiH – Election Law last (amended 2024) (2001)

Article 11 (3); Article 4 (1); Article 4 (2); Article 4 (4); Article 4 (9); Article 4 (10); Article 4 (11); Article 4 (12); Article 4 (17); Article 4 (18); Article 4 (20); Article 4 (21); Article 4 (22); Article 9 (9); Article 9 (12.c); Article 9 (12.e);

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Election Law (2022)

Article 10 (3²); Article 11 (3³); Article 4 (1); Article 4 (2); Article 4 (4); Article 4 (10); Article 4 (11); Article 4 (12); Article 4 (17); Article 4 (18); Article 4 (20); Article 4 (21); Article 4 (22); Article 4 (23); Article 9 (9); Article 9 (12c); Article 9 (12e);

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Election Law (2016)

Article 4.10; Article 4.11; Article 4.15; Article 4.16; Article 4.21; Article 4.22; Article 4.23; Article 4.24; Article 4.25; Article 5.19; Article 5.30; Article 5.31; Article 7.2;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Election Law (2018)

Article 10 (3); Article 11 (3); Article 4 (1); Article 4 (2); Article 4 (4); Article 4 (9); Article 4 (10); Article 4 (11); Article 4 (12); Article 4 (17); Article 4 (18); Article 4 (20); Article 4 (21); Article 4 (22); Article 4 (23); Article 9 (9); Article 9 (12c); Article 9 (12e);

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Election Law (2022)

Article 10 (3 ); Article 11 (3 ); Article 4 (2); Article 4 (1); Article 4 (4); Article 4 (9 ); Article 4 (10 ); Article 4 (11); Article 4 (12); Article 4 (17); Article 4 (18); Article 4 (20); Article 4 (21); Article 4 (22); Article 4 (23); Article 9 (9); Article 9 (12c); Article 9 (12e );

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Election Law (2022)

Article 10 (3); Article 11 (33); Article 4 (1); Article 4 (4); Article 4 (9); Article 4 (10); Article 4 (11); Article 4 (12); Article 4 (17); Article 4 (18); Article 4 (20); Article 4 (21); Article 4 (22); Article 4 (23); Article 9 (9); Article 9 (12c); Article 9 (12e);

BULGARIA - Election Code (2019)

Article 254; Article 257; Article 258; Article 290; Article 320; Article 325; Article 367; Article 369; Article 386; Article 416;

BULGARIA - Election Code (2020)

Article 254; Article 257; Article 258; Article 290; Article 320; Article 325; Article 367; Article 369; Article 386; Article 416;

BULGARIA - Election Code (2021)

Article 254; Article 257; Article 258; Article 290; Article 320; Article 325; Article 367; Article 369; Article 386; Article 416;

BULGARIA - Election Code (2014)

Article 254; Article 257 ; Article 258; Article 316; Article 317; Article 318 ; Article 320 ; Article 367; Article 417;

BULGARIA - Election Code (2023)

Article 254; Article 257; Article 258; Article 316; Article 317; Article 318; Article 320; Article 364; Article 367; Article 417;

CANADA - Canada Elections Act (2023)

Paragraph 66; Paragraph 67; Paragraph 68; Paragraph 69; Paragraph 70; Paragraph 71; Paragraph 71 (1); Paragraph 73; Paragraph 74; Paragraph 75;

CANADA - Elections Act (2019)

Article 477 (89); Article 66; Article 67; Article 68; Article 69; Article 71 (1); Article 73; Article 74; Article 75; Article 80;

CROATIA - Act on Amendments to the Act on the Election of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (2015)

Article 12;

CROATIA - Parliamentary Elections Act (2015)

Article 21;

CROATIA- The Law on the election of the President (1992)

Article 10; Article 12; Article 7; Article 8;

DENMARK - Local and Regional Government Elections Act (2024)

Section 26 (a); Section 26; Section 28; Section 5;

DENMARK - Parliamentary Election Act (2014)

Article 11; Article 13; Article 14;

DENMARK - Parliamentary Elections Act (2019)

32; 33 (a); 43; 68; 73; 74 (a); 76; 77;

DENMARK - Parliamentary Elections Act (2020)

32; 33 (a); 43; 68; 73; 74 (a); 76; 77;

DENMARK - Parliamentary Elections Act (2024)

Section 32; Section 33 (a); Section 43; Section 68; Section 73; Section 74 (a); Section 76; Section 77;

ESTONIA - Riigikogu Election Act (2020)

Paragraph 27; Paragraph 30; Paragraph 32;

ESTONIA - Municipal Council Election Act (2020)

Paragraph 32 (1); Paragraph 33; Paragraph 39;

ESTONIA - Parliamentary Election Act (2016)

§ 27. ; § 29. ;

ESTONIA – Local Government Council Election Act (1999)

Article 12; Article 26; Article 27; Article 28;

GEORGIA - Election Code (2005)

Article 100; Article 52;

GEORGIA - Election Code (2021)

Article 146; Article 38; Article 38 (1);

GEORGIA - Election Code (2016)

Article 100; Article 118; Article 146; Article 38; Article 97;

GEORGIA - Election Code (2018)

Article 118; Article 146; Article 38; Article 38 (1);

GERMANY - Federal Elections Act (2013)

Article 19; Article 20; Section 19; Section 20; Section 21; Section 22; Section 25;

GERMANY - Federal Electoral Regulations (1994)

Article 34; Article 56;

GERMANY - Federal Electoral Regulations (2017)

Section 34; Section 35;

GERMANY - Federal Electoral Regulations as of 2020 (2020)

Section 34; Section 35;

GERMANY – Federal Electoral Regulations (2002)

Section 34; Section 35;

HUNGARY - Act C on Electoral Procedure (1997)

Article 107; Article 149; Article 46; Article 49; Article 52; Article 55; Article 57; Article 60; Article 94;

HUNGARY - Act CCIII of 2011 on the election of the Members of the National Assembly (2025)

Section 5; Section 7;

HUNGARY - Act CCIII of 2011 On the Elections of Members of Parliament (2011)

Section 10; Section 5; Section 6; Section 7; Section 8; Section 9;

HUNGARY - Act CCIII on the Election of Members of the National Assembly (2021)

Section 5 ; Section 7;

HUNGARY - Act L of 2010 on the Election of Local Government Representatives and Mayors (2024)

Section 8; Section 9 ;

HUNGARY - Act L of 2010 on the Election of Municipal Representatives and Mayors (2010)

Section 8;

HUNGARY - Act No XXXIV of 1989 on the Election of Members of Parliament (1989)

Article 5;

HUNGARY - Act XXXVI of 2013 on election procedure (2024)

HUNGARY - Act XXXVI of 2013 on election procedure (as of December 2024) (2025)

HUNGARY - Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (2018)

Annex 4; Section 120; Section 122; Section 123; Section 124; Section 125; Section 126; Section 127; Section 128; Section 132; Section 133; Section 135; Section 28; Section 29; Section 316; Section 318; Section 339;

HUNGARY - Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (2013)

Annex 4; Section 120; Section 122; Section 123; Section 124; Section 125; Section 126; Section 127; Section 128; Section 132; Section 133; Section 135; Section 185; Section 28; Section 29; Section 316; Section 318; Section 339;

HUNGARY - Act XXXVI on Election Procedure (2021)

HUNGARY – Act L of 2010 on the election of local government representatives and mayors (2025)

Section 9 ;

ICELAND - Act No. 24 Concerning Parliamentary Elections to the Althing (2008)

Article 32; Article 35;

ICELAND - Elections Act (2021)

Article 121; Article 122; Article 25; Article 31; Article 51;

ICELAND - Elections Act (2023)

Article 121; Article 122; Article 25; Article 31 ; Article 51;

ICELAND - Local Government Elections Act No. 5/1998 (1998)

Article 22; Article 30; Article 33;

IRELAND - Electoral Act (2016)

Article 47;

IRELAND - Presidential Elections Act (1993)

Article 14; Article 15; Article 16; Article 17; Article 18; Article 19; Article 20; Article 25; Article 26; Article 27; Article 28; Article 29; Article 30; Article 31; Article 32; Article 33; Article 34; Article 35;

KAZAKHSTAN - Constitutional Act On Elections (2011)

Article 103; Article 104; Article 55; Article 71; Article 87; Article 89;

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act (2014)

Article 49; Article 51;

KOSOVO - Law No. 003/L-073 on General Elections and Amendments 2010 (2008)

Article 20;

KOSOVO - Law on General Elections in the Republic of Kosovo (2023)

Article 21;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Electoral Code (2004)

Article 26; Article 27; Article 60; Article 72; Article 83; Article 90;

LITHUANIA - Law on Elections to the Seimas (2012)

Article 37; Article 77;

LITHUANIA - Law on Elections to the Seimas (2016)

Article 37; Article 38; Article 39; Article 41; Article 45;

LITHUANIA - Law on Elections to the Seimas (2018)

Article 37; Article 38; Article 39; Article 41; Article 42; Article 44;

LITHUANIA - Law on Presidential Elections (2012)

Article 35;

LITHUANIA - Law on Presidential Elections (2013)

Article 35;

MALTA - Act to Regulate the Formation, the Structures, Functioning and Financing of Political Parties and their Participation in Elections (2015)

Article 12; Article 37; Article 38; Article 39; Article 40;

MALTA - European Parliament Elections Act (2023)

Article 18; Article 20;

MALTA- General Elections Act (1996)

Article 51; Article 52; Article 55;

MEXICO - General Law on Electoral Institutions and Procedures of Mexico (2014)

Article 357; Article 358; Article 359; Article 360; Article 361; Article 362; Article 363; Article 364; Article 365; Article 366; Article 367; Article 368; Article 369; Article 370; Article 371; Article 372; Article 373; Article 374; Article 375; Article 376; Article 377; Article 378; Article 379; Article 380; Article 381; Article 382; Article 383; Article 384; Article 385; Article 386; Article 387; Article 388; Article 389; Article 390; Article 391; Article 392; Article 393; Article 394; Article 395; Article 396; Article 398; Article 399; Article 400; Article 401; Article 402; Article 403; Article 404; Article 405; Article 406; Article 407; Article 408; Article 409; Article 410; Article 411; Article 412; Article 413; Article 414; Article 415; Article 416; Article 417; Article 418; Article 419; Article 420; Article 421; Article 422; Article 423; Article 424; Article 425; Article 426; Article 430; Article 431;

MOLDOVA - Electoral Code (2019)

Article 110; Article 111; Article 112; Article 116; Article 12; Article 138; Article 140; Article 173; Article 204; Article 46; Article 49; Article 51; Article 86; Article 88;

MOLDOVA - Electoral Code 2016 and 2017 Law for Amending and Completing Certain Legislative Acts (Electoral System for the Election of Parliament) (2017)

Article 100; Article 101; Article 12; Article 124; Article 127; Article 129; Article 163; Article 194; Article 44; Article 46; Article 47; Article 99; Article I. (16); Article I. (18); Article I. (30. Article 76); Article I. (30. Article 80); Article I. (30. Article 81); Article I. (30. Article 85);

MOLDOVA – Electoral Code (amended 2025) (2025)

Article 1; Article 112; Article 113; Article 114; Article 115; Article 116; Article 164; Article 165; Article 166; Article 21; Article 37; Article 63; Article 65; Article 66; Article 67; Article 68;

MOLDOVA- Electoral Code (1997)

Article 127; Article 41; Article 42; Article 43; Article 44; Article 77; Article 78;

MOLDOVA- Law on the Election of the President (1996)

Article 20; Article 4;

MONTENEGRO - Law on Election of Councillors and Representatives (2023)

Article 11; Article 24; Article 39;

MONTENEGRO - Law on the Election of the President (2023)

Article 4; Article 6; Article 7; Article 8; Article 9;

MONTENEGRO - The Decree on Proclamation of the Law on Election of the President of Montenegro (2016)

Article 4; Article 6; Article 7 ; Article 8;

POLAND - Election of the President (2004)

Article 10; Article 40; Article 40a (a); Article 40c (c); Article 40d (d); Article 40e (e); Article 40f (f); Article 40g (g); Article 41; Article 42; Article 43; Article 44;

PORTUGAL - Electoral Law (2015)

Article 37;

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA – Electoral Code (2022)

Article 193; Article 2; Article 36 ; Article 70; Article 71; Article 76; Article 77; Article 80; Article 86; Article 87 ;

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - Electoral Code (2022)

Article 1; Article 112; Article 113; Article 114; Article 115; Article 116; Article 164; Article 165; Article 166; Article 21; Article 37; Article 63; Article 65; Article 66; Article 67; Article 68;

ROMANIA - Law for the Election of Local Public Administration Authorities (2022)

Article 27; Article 50; Article 7;

ROMANIA - Law no. 115 for the election of local public administration authorities, amending the Law of local public administration no. 215/2001, as well as amending and supplementing Law no. 393/2004 on the statute of local elected offi cials (2015)

Article 27; Article 39; Article 47; Article 50; Article 58; Article 8;

ROMANIA - Law No. 208 (2015)

ROMANIA - LAW No. 208 of 20 July 2015 on the election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as on the organisation and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority (2024)

Article 12; Article 13; Article 14; Article 15; Article 68; Article 79; Article 80; Article 94;

ROMANIA - Law no. 208/2015 on the election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as on the organisation and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority (2015)

Article 52; Article 54; Article 55;

ROMANIA - Law no. 33 on the Rules and Regulations on the Elections to the european Parliament (2009)

Article 12 (1); Article 13;

ROMANIA - Law No. 370 (2024)

Article 27; Article 28; Article 29; Article 30; Article 35; Article 4; Article 40; Article 41; Article 6 ; Article 65;

ROMANIA - Law on the Election of the President of Romania (2022)

Article 27; Article 28; Article 29; Article 30; Article 35; Article 4; Article 40; Article 41; Article 6; Article 65;

ROMANIA - Law on the Election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as the Organisation and Functioning of the Permanente Electoral Authority (2020)

Article 12; Article 13; Article 14; Article 15; Article 2; Article 52; Article 53; Article 54; Article 55; Article 56; Article 58; Article 59; Article 60; Article 61; Article 62; Article 68; Article 79; Article 80; Article 94;

ROMANIA - Law on the Organisation and Conduct of the Elections to the European Parliament (2022)

Article 17; Article 4; Article 43; Article 51; Article 52; Article 66;

ROMANIA- Regulations on The Elections To The Chamber of Deputies and The Senate (2008)

Article 30; Article 30 (1);

RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens to Participate in a Referendum (2002)

Article 33;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Federal Law on Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum (2011)

Article 32; Article 34;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Federal Law on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (2016)

Article 41; Article 49; Article 6;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Federal Law on Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation (2011)

Article 34; Article 36; Article 38; Article 6;

SAN MARINO - Compilation of Electoral Legislation ()

Article 15;

SERBIA - Law on Electing the President of the Republic (2004)

Article 5;

SERBIA - Law on Election of the President of the Republic (2009)

Article 9;

SERBIA - Law on the Election of the President of the Republic (2022)

Article 12;

SLOVAKIA - Act of the National Council on Local Elections (1998)

Article 17; Article 17; Article 21; Article 21; Article 22; Article 22;

SLOVAKIA - Act on conditions for the exercise of the right to vote (2019)

Article 103 ; Article 104 ; Article 139 ; Article 142 ; Article 144 ; Article 147 ; Article 171 ; Article 174 ; Article 176 ; Article 179 ; Article 54; Article 84 ;

SLOVAKIA - Act on Election of the President of the Slovak Republic, Plebiscite, Recalling of President and Amending of some other Acts (2008)

Article 1 (Section 11 ); Article 1 (Section 12);

SLOVAKIA - Law on Procedure of the Election of the President, on Plebiscite and Removal of the President and on Supplementation of several other Laws (1999)

Article 11; Article 11; Article 12; Article 12;

SLOVENIA - Local Elections Act (2023)

Article 106; Article 71; Article 72; Article 73; Article 74 ;

SLOVENIA- National Assembly Elections Act (2000)

Article 48; Article 49; Article 50;

SWEDEN - Elections act (2021)

2.11; 2.12;

SWEDEN - Elections Act (2005)

Article 3 (Chapter 6); Article 5 (Introductory provisions);

TÜRKIYE - Law on Parliamentary Elections (2018)

Article 21;

TÜRKIYE - Law on Elections of Local Administrations and Neighborhood Mukhtars and Board of Elderman (2012)

Article 13;

UKRAINE - Election Code (2020)

Article 100; Article 101; Article 102; Article 216; Article 98;

UKRAINE - Election Code (2022)

Article 100; Article 101; Article 102; Article 216; Article 98;

UKRAINE - Law on Elections of Deputies of Local Radas and of Village, Settlement, City Chairmen (1998)

Article 28;

UKRAINE - Law on Elections of People's Deputies (2001)

Article 38; Article 46;

UKRAINE - Law on Elections of the People's Deputies (2016)

Article 52. ;

UKRAINE - Law on Elections of the President (2004)

Article 44; Article 48; Article 49; Article 50; Article 51; Article 65; Article 66; Article 67;

UKRAINE - Law on the Central Election Commission (2004)

Article 18;

ALBANIA - Joint Opinion on the Electoral Law and the Electoral Practice (2011)

Paragraph 66; Paragraph 67; Paragraph 68;

ALBANIA - Joint Recommendations on the Electoral Law and the Electoral Administration (2004)

Paragraph 51;

ALBANIA- Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code (2009)

Paragraph 22; Paragraph 23; Paragraph 24; Paragraph 25; Paragraph 27;

ARMENIA - Joint Final Opinion on The Electoral Code (2011)

Paragraph 6;

ARMENIA - Joint Interim Opinion on the new draft Electoral Code (2011)

Paragraph 5;

ARMENIA - Joint Opinion on the Draf Electoral Code (As of 18 April 2016) (2016)

Paragraph 73; Paragraph 50; Paragraph 70; Paragraph 71; Paragraph 72;

ARMENIA - Joint Urgent Opinion on Amendemnts to the Electoral Code and Related Legislation (2021)

Paragraph 84; Paragraph 85;

ARMENIA - Second Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code (As Amended on 30 June 2016) (2016)

Paragraph 74;

BULGARIA - Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Code (2017)

Paragraph 45; Paragraph 46;

BULGARIA- Joint Opinion on the Draft Election Code (2014)

Paragraph 50; Paragraph 51; Paragraph 52; Paragraph 53; Paragraph 54; Paragraph 80; Paragraph 81;

BULGARIA- Joint Opinion on the Election Code (2011)

Paragraph 5.a (.a);

GEORGIA - Joint Opinion on the Election Code (2006)

Paragraph 17; Paragraph 46;

GEORGIA - Joint Opinion on the Election Code (2008)

Paragraph 22;

GEORGIA - Joint Opinion on the Election Code (2010)

Paragraph 3.15 (.15);

GEORGIA - Opinion on the Draft Organic Law on: Making amendments and additions into the Organic Law-Election Code of Georgia (2005)

Paragraph 26;

GEORGIA - Opinion on the Unified Election Code (2002)

Paragraph 39;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, The Draft Law on Elections to Local Governments and the Draft Law on the Formation of Election Commissions (2011)

Paragraph 44;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC- Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Law (2014)

Paragraph 29;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC- Joint Opinion on the Draft Law "On Introduction of Amendments and Changes to the Constitution" (2016)

Paragrah 96; Paragraph 90; Paragraph 91; Paragraph 92; Paragraph 93; Paragraph 94; Paragraph 95; Paragraph 97;

MOLDOVA - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Changes to the Electoral Code (2016)

Paragraph 12; Paragraph 13; Paragraph 14; Paragraph 15;

MOLDOVA – Urgent joint opinion on the draft Law no. 263 amending the Electoral Code, the Contravention Code and the Code of Audiovisual Media Services (2020)

Paragraph 22;

MOLDOVA- Joint Opinion on the Election Code (2008)

Paragraph 36;

MONTENEGRO- Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on the Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament (2010)

Paragraph 2B.18 (B.18);

Report on Electoral Law and Electoral Administration in Europe (2020)

Paragraph 118; Paragraph 119; Paragraph 120; Paragraph 121; Paragraph 122; Paragraph 123; Paragraph 124; Paragraph 125; Paragraph 126; Paragraph 127; Paragraph 128; Paragraph 129; Paragraph 130; Paragraph 144;

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code (2022)

Paragraph 122; Paragraph 127; Paragraph 130; Paragraph 65; Paragraph 66; Paragraph 68;

SERBIA - Joint opinion on the constitutional and legal framework governing the functioning of democratic institutions - Electoral law and electoral administration (2022)

Paragraph 131; Paragraph 133;

SERBIA - Joint Recommendations on the Laws on Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Elections and Electoral Administration (2006)

Paragraph 38;

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA - Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code as Amended on 9 November 2015 (2016)

Paragraph 43;

TÜRKIYE - Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Legislation and Related "Harmonisation Laws" Adopted in March and April 2018 (2018)

Paragraph 51;

TÜRKIYE - Opinion on the Replacement of Elected Candidates and Mayors (2020)

Paragraph 31;

UKRAINE - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law No. 3366 about Elections to the Parliament (2009)

Paragraph 20;

UKRAINE - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Elections of People's Deputies (2011)

Paragraph 71;

UKRANIE - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law Amending Certain Legislative Acts Which Restrict the Participation in the State Power of Persons Associated with Political Parties Whose Activities are Prohibited by Law (2023)

Paragraph 17; Paragraph 18; Paragraph 19; Paragraph 20 ; Paragraph 21; Paragraph 22; Paragraph 23; Paragraph 24; Paragraph 25; Paragraph 26; Paragraph 27; Paragraph 28; Paragraph 29; Paragraph 30;

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