Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections

Following an invitation from the Italian authorities, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has deployed an election assessment mission to Italy for the 13-14 April parliamentary elections. The mission, led by Ambassador Audrey Glover (United Kingdom), includes 10 experts from 10 OSCE participating States. 

The mission will assess and report on the overall framework for the conduct of elections in Italy. The experts will analyse the legal framework for the election, the political campaign, the work of the election administration at central and regional levels, as well as the complaints and appeals process. As part of the assessment process, the experts will meet with relevant governmental authorities, candidates, political parties, the judiciary, civil society, and the media.

The assessment mission will also monitor media coverage of the election by major public and private broadcast networks.

ODIHR will not carry out systematic or comprehensive observation of the voting, counting, or tabulation on election day, but the team of experts plans to visit polling stations across the country to follow procedures.

ODIHR will issue a final report after the completion of the election process.

Election Assessment Team

Ambassador Audrey Glover (United Kingdom), Head of Mission
Delphine Blanchet (France)
Rumen Maleev (Bulgaria)
Karen Gainer (Canada)
Marek Mracka (Slovakia)
Andrey Butsman (Russian Federation)
Goran Petrov (former Yugolsav Republic of Macedonia)
Igor Popov (Ukraine)
Taskyn Rakhimbekova (Kazakhstan)
Nikolai Kirilov (Bulgaria)
Mats Lindberg (Finland)