Table of Contents
| 1. | INTRODUCTION |
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| 2. | POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND BACKGROUND |
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| a. | Major disturbances March 17–18 and aftermath |
| b. | The economic and social background |
| c. | Frustration with the status quo |
| d. | The 2004 Election: an element in Standards |
| e. | Participation of the Serbian minority |
| 3. | STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF THE KOSOVO ASSEMBLY |
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| 4. | ORGANISATION OF THE 2004 ELECTION PROCESS |
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| a. | Regulatory framework |
| b. | The Central Election Commission (CEC) |
| c. | Breaking new ground: The Central Election Commission Secretariat (CECS) |
| d. | The OSCE Department of Elections |
| e. | Oversight/observation: the Election Complaints and Appeals Commission (ECAC) |
| f. | Municipal Election Officers (MEOs) and Municipal Election Commissions (MECs) |
| g. | Registration and internal democracy of the political entities |
| h. | Certification of political entities for the Election |
| i. | The ballot paper |
| j. | Candidates |
| k. | By-mail voting |
| l. | The Voter Service Period and Provisional Voters’ Lists |
| m. | The UNMIK Central Civil Registry |
| n. | The Challenge and Confirmation Board |
| o. | Polling stations |
| p. | Conditional voting |
| q. | Equal access to Media |
| r. | Public information |
| s. | Domestic observers |
| 5. | THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN |
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| 6. | THE DAY OF POLLING |
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| 7. | PRESS CONFERENCE, 24 OCTOBER 2004 |
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| 8. | THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTIONS |
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| 9. | THE RESULTS |
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| 10. | SOME OBSERVATIONS FOR THE FUTURE |
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| APPENDIX I | 17 |
PRESS RELEASE
| APPENDIX II | 18 |
LIST OF POLITICAL ENTITIES
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