To reduce abuse of state (administrative) resources, some countries ban the use of public resources in favour of or against a particular political party or candidate (excluding regulated public funding). This can include an overall ban, but it can also include specific bans on bias in state controlled media; public officials campaigning while on duty or the use of government vehicles in election campaigns
This question is different from Q64 in that this question relates not to resources being given to political parties or candidates, but to resources being used directly or indirectly in favour of a political party or candidate.
Code “YES” if there are any regulations against the use of state resources to favour a particular political party or candidate, whether or not it is in relation to elections or who is using these resources. This could for example include;
• A general ban on using state resources in favour of a political party or candidate
• A ban on government vehicles being used in election campaigns
• A ban on campaigning taking place at government facilities (unless same access given to all contestants)
• A ban on civil servants or state employees to campaign while on duty/during office hours
• A ban on public media giving biased coverage in relation to political parties or elections, or a requirement for public media to be neutral in its reporting (regulations of private media are not relevant in this regard).
(Give details in an external comment).
Note that this type of regulation may not be in the same place as information about political party or campaign finance. There may for example be a separate section on this issue, or information may be included among a list of election offences (such a list is often find towards the end of electoral laws).
The provision of regulated direct or indirect public funding to all eligible political party is not relevant for this question.
Code “NO” if you have access to regulations about elections (and if possible political party activities) and there is no mention of the use of state resources.
If you judge that there may likely be regulations you have not been able to access about the use of state resources, code “ND”.