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RIVAS-CASTILLO, Cristian. Electoral Offenses in Nicaraguan Electoral Law. Polít. globalidad. ciudad. [online]. 2021, vol.7, n.14, pp.63-83.  Epub 04-Nov-2022. ISSN 2395-8448.  https://doi.org/10.29105/pgc7.14-4.

The Electoral Law in the modern States is the entity in charge of regulating the political activity and guaranteeing the individuals the respect to their political rights, in this sense, it is necessary to study the operation of this legal branch. In the present work the configuration of the Nicaraguan Electoral Law will be studied, the objectives were established, first to describe the general aspects of the Electoral Law in Nicaragua, also, the Electoral Crimes recognized by the electoral legislation will be identified and classified. The methodology used is qualitative, non-experimental design, under a documentary-bibliographic level. After the documentary review it was observed that the evolution of the Electoral Law in Nicaragua has been related to the recognition of the universal suffrage, likewise, it was identified that the Electoral Law oversees regulating and organizing everything related to the democratic processes, as well as, typifying the actions that are considered as Electoral Crimes. It is concluded that in Nicaragua the Electoral Law plays a leading role in the consolidation of the democratic processes, regarding the Electoral Offenses, it is established that although it is true that there is a recognition of the unlawful actions, there is no clear classification in relation to the misdemeanors and felonies.

Palabras llave : Crime; democracy; electoral law; state; systems.

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