The International Republican Institute (IRI) has published an interim report on the technical assessment of Georgia's parliamentary elections on October 31, 2020. The report says that the instances of serious election violations, which could be detected in pre-election campaigns, became more commonplace before elections.
The organization notes that bribery, pressure on observers, and rigging of electoral summaries were detected and that the elections in Georgia failed to meet constitutional requirements.
Violations identified by observers include the use of administrative resources, bribery of voters, pressure on voters and observers, the rigging of the final summaries of precinct election commissions, and processing of the results that did not meet international standards.
Citizens’ confidence in the electoral administration has been seriously undermined, the interim report says.
