004. Факультет правничих наук

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    Disenfranchising voters and some ways to avoid it
    (The Electoral Commission [et al.], 2011) Kliuchkovskiy, Yurii
    Venice Commission Comparative Report on Thresholds and Other Features of Electoral Systems Which Bar Parties from Access to Parliament. It has been suggested that under a compulsory voting regime voters who are otherwise not inclined to vote might, out of their dissatisfaction with the major parties, "cast a protest vote" which often goes to a radical (usually a minor) party. As D.Nohlen reports, "radical right did fare slightly better in the eight nations which use compulsory voting" and " this evidence is suggestive". Speaking politically, non-participation of voters in elections means that they have no incentive to vote because they don’t believe it would change their life. It could be caused by two opposite reasons. On the one hand, people could be quite satisfied with the living conditions and feel no danger to them irrespectively of election results. On the other hand, people could be quite disappointed and not believing that something could change after elections. It’s clear that these two situations are met in different countries. Nevertheless the recipes are not of legal nature. In this presentation I tried to gather and to systematize possible criteria for disenfranchising which without any doubts are well known. I hope it could be a base for fruitful discussion.
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    The choice of an electoral system: some lessons from the Ukrainian experience
    (Council of Europe, 2010) Kliuchkovskiy, Yurii
    The Forum shows that it is time we analysed our experience with promoting and implementing the Code of Good Practice in the Field of Political Parties, clarified the content of some of the concepts and clauses, and established a number of minimum standards as vital requirements for compliance with the main principles as well as their possible expansion under different electoral systems and other specific circumstances in different countries. It might be useful to highlight examples of current practices which are incompatible with the European electoral heritage. I might venture to say that such an activity would be especially useful and instructive for new democracies. On the other hand, I am sure that the practice of the newly democratic countries provides many new pointers for analysis and general implementation, thus enriching the common experience. This might help ensure that the diversity of European nations promotes our common future development.