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Election law

Election law is a branch of public law that relates to the democratic processes, election of representatives and office holders, and referendums, through the regulation of the electoral system, voting rights, ballot access, election management bodies, election campaign, the division of the territory into electoral zones, the procedures for the registration of voters and candidacies, its financing and propaganda, voting, counting of votes, scrutiny, electoral disputes, electoral observation and all contentious matters derived from them. It is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political science, and involves "the politics of law and the law of politics".[1]

  1. ^ Oshisanya, O. (2020). "13. Election Law". An Almanac of Contemporary Judicial Restatements (Civil Law) vol. ii: Almanac vol. ii. Almanac Basebooks. Almanac Foundation. p. 265. ISBN 978-978-51200-2-8.

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