Handbook for domestic election observers

This handbook documents methodologies that can be employed by domestic observer groups to provide a more comprehensive and systematic approach to election observation. It was produced with the participation of domestic observer groups from across the OSCE region. It was conceived at a working meeting with leading groups in Slovakia in May 2001 and further developed at an OSCE/ODIHR conference in Warsaw attended by around 25 domestic observer groups later in the month.
The intention is not to provide a definitive methodology that must be followed; rather, it is to outline methodologies that have been developed and used effectively over the past decade by both international and domestic observers. As such, this handbook may also be of use to international organizations involved in election observation, as well as to political party and candidate observers, who play an equally important role in monitoring elections.
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