Chart 4.3.8.5. Reasons for the inefficiency of the Administrative Court (in %, of the citizens who
said it was inefficient)
61
35
1
Due to political
interference
1
Due to lack of Due to difficulties Due to lack of
will to react
in collecting
suffcient time
evidence
available
1
1
Due to lack of
capacities
DNK, Cannot
tell
4.3.9. Secrecy of the ballot
The secrecy of the ballot belongs to recurring problems that crop up from one election to
the other and is often highlighted as important by the opposition, but also by international and
domestic observers. In parallel, there is also doubt in the public whether the secrecy is
guaranteed, and it is often seen through a colloquial sentence: ‘they can definitely know how I
voted.’ This claim is proven by this survey because as much as 67% of citizens (two out of
three) say the secrecy is not guaranteed and there is a chance to find out who they voted for.
On the other hand, there are 12% of citizens who have no doubt that secrecy is fully
guaranteed, while 18% of respondents are of the opinion that the secrecy of the ballot is
somewhat guaranteed. These figures very clearly point to future courses of action that must
be linked to additional efforts in the layout of the polling stations, but within an awareness
raising campaign for citizens explaining they have a right to ensure the secrecy of the ballot.
As with most of the previous questions, the watershed in the answers is made of questions
about the direction in which Serbia is moving and their living standard. Those who believe
Serbia is moving in the right direction or who are satisfied with the standard of living are also
predominantly confident that secrecy is guaranteed and vice versa. This, in fact, tells us that
the general dissatisfaction with the trends in the direction taken by Serbia is equal to the
dissatisfaction with the Serbian government and that these views spill over in the answers
regarding the quality of the election process in general. Dissatisfaction with government is the
crucial reason and it does not necessarily have to be accompanied by objective indicators of
their standard of living, i.e., citizens dissatisfied with the government individually state their
standard is above average.
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