Democratic elections are, therefore, public and transparent.

Democratic elections are, therefore, public and transparent. Which means on the one
hand, that each citizen has the right to attend the counting of the votes when the ballot
box is opened; this also means on the other hand, that it is possible to completely
follow the whole process of the passage of the constituents’ votes: starting from the
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ballots inserted into the ballot box till the final counting undertaken to establish the
calculation that will eventually share out.
In addition to the requirements mentioned above, it is also important to institute
elections on regular basis. Everybody, in that case, has the possibility to know the date
of the coming elections, and to get ready for that ahead of time. It is a way to make
sure that the current government is defined within a time frame and that its people
have the right to remove it from office. The electorate should represent the whole
population, which is to mean that apart from the underage population, no group should
be excluded.
And finally, the electorate’s votes should be final, meaning that the election results
should be enforced effectively, which implies that they must be accepted as legitimate.