RINKIMŲ KODEKSAS: NUO IDĖJOS IKI SVARBIAUSIŲ TEISINIO REGLAMENTAVIMO POKYČIŲ

Abstract

Elections are a fundamental element of democracy, allowing citizens to express their will and participate in government formation. In order for elections to take place according to procedures that are equally understandable to all participants in the process and to ensure that all citizens can participate in elections on equal terms, regardless of their gender, nationality, social status, or other circumstances, legal acts regulating the organization and execution of elections are adopted. This article reveals the complicated and extended legal process that accompanied the preparation and adoption of the Election Code in Lithuania. It also analyzes how the legal regulation of elections changed after the Electoral Code came into force, and why, less than a year since the application of the codified legal act which changed six laws, there are many proposals to change it again. Finally, the article considers why the Election Code stands out from other codes in force in Lithuania with a higher legal power, although due to procedural legal norms, large-scale election law is described in even greater detail than other codified areas of law.