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Appendix A4-1: Criteria for an Electoral Democracy according to Freedom House:
(1) Competitive, multiparty political system.
(2) Universal adult suffrage for all citizens.
(3) Regularly contested elections conducted in conditions of ballot secrecy,
reasonable ballot security, and in the absence of massive voter fraud that yields
results that are unrepresentative of the public will.
(4) Significant public access of major political parties to the electorate through
media and through generally open political campaigning.
Source: www.freedomhouse.org
Appendix A4-2: Ratings for Political Rights and Civil Liberties according to
Freedom House
For each of the following checklist questions, a separate score between 0 and 4 is given
to a country, with 0 being the least prevailing rights and liberties and 4 being the most.
For each scale, the points are added. The raw scores is then transformed into a scale
according to the following scheme:
Political Rights
Civil Liberties
Total Raw Scores PR Rating Total Raw Scores CL Rating
36-40 1 53-60 1
30-35 2 44-52 2
24-29 3 35-43 3
18-23 4 26-34 4
12-17 5 17-25 5
6-11 6 8-16 6
0-5 7 0-7 7
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