The 1996 Bosnia-Herzegovina Elections

Preface. 1: Introduction. 2: Backgrounds of the Elections. Elections, Parties and Candidates. Registration of Voters. Local Election Commission, Polling Station Committee and Counting Centre Committee. The Voting Procedure. 3: The Observation of the Vote. Introduction. Observation Methodology. Observers: Who, Where and When. Overall Opinion and Observed Irregularities. Polling Station Committee, People Present and Reported Irregularities. Security Measures, Disruptions and Accessibility of the Station to Voters. Absentee Polling Stations and the Inter Entity Boundary Line. The Regional Profile. Observers' Comments. Relations between Overall Opinion, Circumstances, Procedures and Comprehension. 4: The Observation of the Counting of the Votes. Introduction. The Counting procedure. Results of the Observation of the Count. 5: Conclusions and Recommendations. Annex 1: The Statements of the CIM. Annex 2: Observation Report for Elections Bosnia-Herzegovina. Annex 3: Report on Observation of Counting Elections BiH. Annex 4: Parties, Coalitions and Individual Candidates. Annex 5: Outcomes of Elections. Annex 6: Observations by Opstinas. Annex 7: Additional Information on Absentee Polling Stations and IEBL-split Opstinas. Annex 8: Observers' Comments by Region.