Essential - Review The Election Law and its Regulation in a consultative and participatory manner, with the CNE at the centre of the review to better define procedures taking into consideration proper safeguards against electoral fraud, even where hi tech procedures may be envisaged.
Addressed to - National Assembly and the CNE.
Possible Improvements Suggested:
- Highlight the essential role of the voter register and underline that its consistent use should be mandatory at all polling stations.
- Voters should have to sign their names against the voters list as a safeguard against proxy voting and ballot stuffing.
- Revise the regulation so that is harmonizes with Election law in that voters fingers must be checked for indelible ink before they are handed the ballot and are inked after they have voted.
- Revise the time of closing polling stations to 17.00 so that counting can commence in daylight hours.
- Eliminate the requirement in the Regulation on the Electoral Law that domestic observers have to provide a current certificate of criminal record check (registo criminal).
Timeline - Within six months.