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ODIHR 2023 – Key findings with corresponding recommendations

BLURRED LINE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE PARTY   Finding: “dominated by the decisive involvement of the President, which, together with the ruling party’s systemic advantages, created unjust conditions” Finding: “pressure on public sector employees, misuse of public resources, and voter inducement schemes raised concerns about voters’ ability to make a choice free from undue…

Final Election Observation Report – Summary

The extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections were not free and fair. The election outcomes emerged as a result of the unlawful advantages gained by the ruling party, with the complicity of several state institutions and authorities – primarily the Ministry of  Public Administration and Local Self-Government, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as…

One voter in several cities and countries – at once

After the numerous irregularities and abuses that we, as the CRTA Election Observation Mission noted before, during and after Election Day, and which we presented to the public on several occasions, citizens have gotten in contact with us and shared information about manipulations related to elections. Investigating information obtained from citizens and cross-checking it with…

Preliminary Statement on Organized Voter Migration Ahead of the December 17, 2023 Elections in Serbia

Organized voter migration is a type of electoral engineering that includes coordinated behavior of voters that temporarily change their residence to another constituency to influence voting results. In Serbia, in the Elections 2023 it might have been used on a large scale to influence the outcomes of the local elections strategically called only in one…

Second Interim Report Of Long Term Election Observation

The campaign for the extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections took place in an atmosphere of systematic abuse of institutions, public functions and the most influential media, which placed electoral actors in an unequal position. Mass cases of falsification of signatures for candidacy marked the process of the submission of electoral lists. Worrying allegations of pressure…

Live Blog – Follow the situation live

01.38 – CRTA will announce the projection of the election results on Monday at 13.00h We will announce the projection of the election results at the Belgrade elections on Monday, December 18 at 13:00, along with the overall assessment of the election day. Problems that marked the election day on December 17 were particularly serious…