Bosnia's peace envoy imposes 'integrity package' to reform election law

FILE PHOTO: Bosnia's international High Representative Christian Schmidt during the interview for Reuters in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File Photo

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's international peace overseer on Tuesday imposed changes to the country's election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October.

The former German politician Christian Schmidt said the aim of the "integrity package" was to restore voter trust through measures such as electronic scanning, counting of ballots and voter identification, as well as making election committees more professional.