scholarly journals The Accuracy of Electoral Regulations: The Case of the Right to Vote by People with Cognitive Impairments

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludvig Beckman
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Extensive Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right ◽  
Regulatory Problems

People with cognitive impairments are regularly denied access to the vote in democratic nations. At the same time, the accuracy of legal regulations is uncertain due to the variety of legal classifications and the vague administrative procedures envisaged for their implementation. This article offers an extensive analysis of the accuracy of legal restrictions on the vote for people with cognitive impairments in all electoral democracies. The article argues that the prospect of ever regulating the vote accurately, in the sense of avoiding both misclassifications and arbitrary administration of restrictions, is difficult to envisage. In the face of the regulatory problems associated with the attempt to restrict the vote for people with cognitive impairment, it is concluded that enfranchisement of all adult citizens would constitute an improvement.

The Main Features of the Law Amending the General Administrative Procedure Act

10.4335/32 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Tjaša Ivanc
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Procedure ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

The Law Amending the General Administrative Procedure Act refers to a variety of provisions. New solutions should contribute to a more rapid, more efficient and more cost-effective procedure. Primarily due to elimination of the inconsistent use of individual provisions in practice, the amending law regulates more definitely the issues of authorising the persons to manage and make decisions at different decision-making levels in administrative procedures in municipalities. The law also develops electronic operations and it especially amends the electronic service provisions. There is a fairly large number of amendments in the Service Chapter. And an important novelty needs to be emphasized. This is the institute of the waiver of the right to appeal which the General Administrative Procedure Act did not know. However, it is well-known in foreign legal regulations and in the Construction Act adopted in our country. KEY WORDS: • administrative procedure • electronic operations • right to appeal

scholarly journals Legal Regulations Concerning Access to Public Waters—A Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Klimach ◽  
Katarzyna Bagan-Kurluta ◽  
Michał Pietkiewicz ◽  
Ryszard Źróbek
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Information System ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
The Right ◽  
National Information

This article analyzes legal regulations concerning access to public waters. Public waters are surrounded by property belonging to various owners. The legal title to property is exercised throughout that property, but certain limitations apply to properties situated in the proximity of public waters. These limitations include the right to cross the property, and public access to water. The article discusses various legal restrictions that permit third parties to use land. The presence of legal limitations in the national information system was verified. Information on restrictions in land use considerably affect the owner’s right to property, which is why owners should be able to determine whether their property is encumbered by an easement. National information systems are currently being upgraded in Poland, and the availability of information on land use restrictions was analyzed in the existing databases.

Computerisation of administrative procedures and the right to good administration in Italy – selected issues

2021 ◽  
Vol 2(24) ◽  
pp. 307-321
Author(s):  
Beata Nuzzo
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Right To Good Administration ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

Rapidly progressing computerisation of administrative procedures requires reflection on its consequences, both in the legal sphere and in the sphere of the practical functioning of administration. One of the most more important issues connected with topic is the impact that computerisation exerts on the right to good administration. Analysis of Italian legal regulations in this area reveals the need to find the right balance between the efficiency and speed of computerised administration and the protection of citizens’ interests. Facilitating the functioning of administration, which results from the implementation of modern information and communication technologies to administrative procedures, should contribute to better implementation of the right to good administration.

Effects of Identification Requirements on Voting: Evidence from the Experiences of Voters on Election Day

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Ansolabehere
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Election Reform ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Training

At the heart of the efforts to improve elections in the United States are two important values: access and integrity. To guarantee the right to vote, the polls must be accessible to all who wish to vote. To guarantee legitimate elections, only eligible people should be allowed to vote, and all votes must be tabulated correctly. These values have different implications for administrative procedures, ranging from the implementation of registration systems to the choice of voting equipment to the set up of polling places and training of poll workers. Often these values work hand in hand, but at times they are at odds. Such is the case with the authentication of voters at the polls (see National Commission on Federal Election Reform 2002).

Political Participation: An Ultimate Priority

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Gauthier de Beco
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right

This chapter examines the right to political participation. It exposes the persistent lack of protection of disabled people’s political rights, including denial of the right to vote for those with cognitive impairments. It analyses what the CRPD requires in order for all disabled people to be able to exercise their voting rights and what it provides beyond the mere act of voting so as to encourage participation in ‘the conduct of public affairs’. It goes on to explain why the inclusion of disabled people in political life is a matter for the whole population and why there is no reason for denying the right to vote to any particular group. It also explores how to achieve political participation more broadly through real engagement in political activities.

THE CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL GUARANTEES OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR TROYAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Formal Aspect ◽  
Universal Approach ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The relevance of the interpretation of constitutional and legal guarantees of the right to vote is mediated by isolated scientific research in this area, as well as the lack of a universal approach to legal guarantees. In this regard, the purpose of the article is to argue and disclose the author’s definitive aspect of the claimed guarantees. In the work, the author named and characterized the normative (based exclusively on legal means) with the perspective of a branch of legal and technical; regulatory and institutional (combines the formal aspect with the activities of authorized entities) and associated legal (including a set of legal and other aspects) approaches to the definition of legal guarantees. Based on the second approach, as well as combining the guarantees of the right to vote directly guarantees of the subjective right itself and guarantees of its implementation, the author offers a definition of constitutional and legal guarantees of the right to vote.

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