Check up at the polling station

By Laura Tomassini, Lex Kleren Switch to German for original article

Election observers are seen as a support for democratic government formation, as they check on the day of voting whether everything is going according to protocol. Three Luxembourgers report on their missions abroad and how these took them through jungles and disco-like polling stations.

When a country holds elections, this not only fuels the interest of its inhabitants, but usually also that of the international community, which casts a more or less critical eye on the campaign and election results depending on the political history of the country. Particularly in democratically organised states, strict rules apply when determining the head of state. The instrument of election observation exists to monitor compliance with these rules. The observation of political campaigns, vote casting and evaluation dates back to 1857, when the elections in the Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia (territories now part of Romania, Ukraine and Moldova) were observed by outsiders for the first time.

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