Criteria for designation as an Electoral Democracy: 1. A competitive, multiparty political system;
2. Universal adult suffrage for all citizens (with exceptions for restrictions that states may legitimately
place on citizens as sanctions for criminal offenses);
3. Regularly contested elections conducted in conditions
of ballot secrecy, reasonable ballot security, and 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 the
media and through generally open political campaigning
