Chart 4.3.9.1. Guaranteed secrecy of the ballot (in %) 3 It is not guaranteed, I firmly believe there are ways to find out who I voted for 12 18 67 It is guaranteed up to a point but not completely It is fully guaranteed, no-one can know this unless I tell them DNK, Cannot tell 4.3.10. Pressure on voters and (in)direct citizen experience The pressure on voters implies all those unauthorized activities that the participants in the elections are focusing on (potential) voters with the goal of maximizing their election potential. These occur in a variety of scopes and forms in virtually every election cycle and have a significant impact on the perception of electoral integrity and confidence in institutions dealing with the implementation and organization of the electoral process, but also in the institutions that are competent to implement the administration of justice efficiently and in accordance with the law. As explained in previous sections of the analysis, the local legislative framework provides for criminal offenses against suffrage101, thus prohibiting violations of the right to stand for election and vote, and stipulating jail time and/or fines for giving and receiving bribes in connection with voting, abuse of the right to vote, drafting of false voter lists, preventing the vote from being held, violating the secrecy of the ballot, falsifying election results and destroying voting documents. In other words, it is absolutely forbidden to promise and/or to receive awards, gifts, or benefits in exchange for (non-)voting, as well as voting repeatedly or on behalf of another person102, to draw up inaccurate voter lists and to make unlawful changes to it and to infringe the secrecy of the ballot in any way. All sanctions shall be tightened in the event that any of these acts are made a member of the polling board or other person in the performance of the voting-related duties. In addition to the Criminal Code, other regulations clearly prohibit any pressure on employees and persons engaged on other grounds in public enterprises regarding the support of political entities or candidates in the elections, or the unlawful use of public resources in the election campaign103. Criminal Code, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 85/2005, 88/2005 - corr, 107/2005 - corr, 72/2009, 111/2009, 121/2012, 104/2013, 108/2014, 94/2016 and 35/2019. Chapter 15, Articles 154-162. 102 Except in the case of the assisted voting. 103 The Law on Public Enterprises, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 15/2016 and 88/2019, Article 49, Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 97/2008-42, 53/2010-13, 66/2011-48 (CC), 67/2013-13 (CC), 112/2013-3 (authentic interpretation), 8/2015-88 (CC), 88/2019-4, Articles 2 and 29 101 69

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