00978nam a2200145Ia 4500 20260716044126.0 04.04.02 M536 Menchón López, Isabel Practical handbook for election observation Spain. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation MadridES 2014 206 p. Describes the growing importance of election observation over the last 25 years. Explains the legal basis undepinning election observation activity. Considers funding, the institutional structure of election observation. Presents new approaches and describes the Core Team, long and short-term observers, their functions, aspects of elections to be observed and methods to be applied. Looks at the code of conduct for observers. Discusses issues related to election fraud, gender and elections, monitoring media coverage, the observation of electronic voting and security in missions. 1/26/17 SANDRAW M M536 60969 60969