00980nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000300003524500480006526000710011330000110018452005890019558300210078494200120080599900170081720260716044126.0  a04.04.02 M536  aMenchón López, Isabel  aPractical handbook for election observation  bSpain. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CooperationaMadridESc2014  a206 p.  aDescribes 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.  c1/26/17kSANDRAW  cMmM536  c60969d60969