country’s direction have a more positive attitude, while citizens aged 30-39, with a university
degree, coming from Vojvodina, are predominantly dissatisfied with their standard and
direction that Serbia is moving in.
Chart 4.3.5.3. Evaluation of protecting the vote and election dispute resolution in passive suffrage
(synthetic indicator)
13
Negative
Neutral
29
58
Positive
4.3.6. Filing complaints
An important segment in election dispute resolution is the awareness of who has the right to
file a complaint because of election irregularities. Serbian legislation says these can be
citizens (voters), candidates and submitters of candidate lists. The results from the survey
indicate that 43% of citizens were initially unable to answer this question or could not make
an assessment, so the answers by 57% of the citizens who answered were presented.
The data is not encouraging and provides ample room for future interventions.
Chart 4.3.6.1. Who has the right to file complaints? (in %)
30
Polling board
members
76
73
70
27
Political
parties
24
Citizens
16
12
11
7
Submitter of Accredited Candidates Civil society
the electoral domestic
organisations
list
observers
in general
Yes
94
93
89
88
84
6
Media
No
24% of the respondents know that citizens have the right to file complaints; 16% know that
submitters of candidate lists also have the right to complain and one in nine respondents knew
that candidates can submit complaints. In neither case can we talk of any satisfactory
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