Figure 2.2. The four parts of the Electoral Justice Database CORRECTIVE PART 1:CHALLENGES RELATED TO ELECTION RESULTS This part provides comparative data on EDR systems designed to deal with challenges to election results. Some challenges can be submitted as early as on election day or as late as after the announcement of results. This part covers all the possible challenges during this period that have the potential to affect the election results. % PART 2: CHALLENGES RELATED TO POLITICAL PARTY / CANDIDATE REGISTRATION OR NOMINATION Many issues and disputes arise during the nomination and/or registration of candidates or the registration of political parties for elections. This part is designed to provide comparative data on how such disputes are handled in various countries. PUNITIVE PART 3: CHALLENGES RELATED TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING This part covers institutional oversight of campaign finance and the procedures for handling infractions related to breaches of regulations. It also includes the types of administrative sanctions available for such infractions, and how appeals related to these sanctions are handled in various countries. PART 4: ELECTION-RELATED CRIMINAL OFFENCES This part provides comparatIve data on how criminal offences related to election processes are treated. Users can find data on the types of offences described in law and the remedies available. Source: International IDEA, Electoral Justice Database, <http://www.idea.int/elections/ej/index.cfm>. Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the database contain separate sections on legislative and presidential elections. EDR processes are sometimes different for presidential and legislative elections and in some countries, presidential and legislative elections are covered in separate legal documents. Part 4 is general and applies to both types of elections. The database contains 105 questions. The number of questions in each part differs, reflecting the nature of dispute-resolution processes (see Appendix B). 13