http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210610-004056-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/nicaraguas-electoral-counter-reform/ Nicaragua’s Electoral Counter-Reform Kriener, Florian Álvarez Argüello, Gabriel Ripplinger, Alina Maria eng 2021-06-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarianism Election law Inter-American Human Rights System Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 4 May 2021, the Nicaraguan National Assembly adopted an electoral reform. Alongside other legislative acts that limit civil society’s operating space, the electoral reform not only sets a gloomy outlook for presidential elections scheduled in Nicaragua for November this year. The reform also violates Inter-American democratic standards as it severely restricts the independence of political parties and leaves the Supreme Electoral Council under significant influence of Nicaragua’s governing party and president.