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European Elections 2019 | More Transparent and Closer to Citizens?
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- Enhancement of the visibility of European political parties by placing their names and logos on the ballot papers, and where possible on posters and other campaign material used in European election campaigns;
- Introduction of a common deadline of twelve weeks before first election day for the establishment of electoral lists;
- Obligation to observe democratic and transparent standards for the selection of candidates;
- Gender balanced lists, either with zipped lists or equivalent measures;
- Improved rules for coordination of national administrations and the exchange of data of citizens eligible to vote in more than one Member State to avoid double voting;
- Introduction of an obligatory threshold for the allocation of seats in single-constituency Member States and con-stituencies which comprise more than 26 seats ranging between 3% and 5% for Member States using the list system;
- Close of polling in all Member States by 21:00 hours CET on the Sunday of elections and simultaneous publication of first exit polls;
- Introduction of a common deadline of 12 weeks for the nomination of lead candidates by the European political parties;
- Introduction of the right to vote in the European elections for all Union citizens living and working outside the EU;
- Possibility for Member States to introduce electronic and internet voting as well as voting by post mail.
- Harmonization of voting at 16 years;
- Establishment of a European Election Authority;
- Single election day for the European Elections.
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