INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN LAW ON THE FORMATION OF ELECTORAL LEGISLATION IN EASTERN EUROPE

Gagaeva Ekaterina Andreevna, Lecturer of the sub-department of international and European law, Mordovia State University named after N. P. Ogarev, gagaevaludmila@rambler.ru

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The article presents the comparative analysis of the electoral legislation of the states of the Eastern Europe. The electoral legislation of the East Europe states is compared with the European standards in the field, developed by the European commission of the Council of Europe for democracy through law.

Suffrage, European constitutional heritage, European electoral heritage, suffrage principles, electoral legislation of the states of the Eastern Europe.