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Location: Estonia
Year of election: 2019 - 2019
Election type: Parliamentary
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Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Provisions on nominating VDC members should be reviewed to remove any uncertainty as to the maximum number of VDC members and to effectively ensure political balance and equality among nominating political parties as intended by the law.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Adjustments to legal redress mechanisms should be considered to ensure timely and effective remedy in all election-related cases within election timeframes.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to reviewing the combined requirements in the Election Act and the Local Government Organization Act related to the appointment of VDC members, and streamlining and further detailing provisions to ensure their consistency and implementability.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Greater efforts could be made by municipal and election authorities to facilitate voting by persons with disabilities, including through further measures of ensuring the accessibility of polling stations, development of accessible information materials and assistive tools, and improving the accessibility of digital tools and online applications.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The SEO could develop strategies to mitigate the risk of internal attacks, conduct third-party risk assessments, and publish any findings and audit reports well ahead of the next elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Internet Voting
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The SEO could integrate quality assurance activities into the maintenance schedule of the voting solution and publish the security rationale and all quality assurance results, including design review, security analysis, and penetration testing results.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Internet Voting
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The SEO could strengthen its auditing process by developing a complete strategy and requiring auditors to implement critical auditing tools independently and from scratch.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Internet Voting
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The SEO could review the potential effects of cyber-attack allegations against the Internet voting infrastructure, and develop a risk mitigation strategy.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Internet Voting
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
The technological specifications accompanying the legal framework could define acceptable voting systems in more general terms, but include additional requirements related to cryptographic strength, quality assurance, software development and deployment, as well as accountability and verifiability.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Internet Voting
Estonia
2019
EET
Parliamentary
elections
Authorities should enhance their efforts of promoting the participation of persons belonging to national minorities in public and political life, as well as take steps to further increase the naturalization rate among persons with “undetermined citizenship”, with a view to granting them full suffrage rights.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Participation of National Minorities
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