ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

'123-Year-Old Voter' Raises Kosovo Poll Concerns (Eurasia Review, 2010)

Balkan Insight has uncovered evidence that a 123-year-old woman and a 120-year-old man voted in both rounds of November’s local elections in Kosovo, raising concerns of possible electoral abuse in the country’s outdated electoral roll.

Slota: Smer violated agreement with SNS on local elections (The Slovak Spectator, 2010)

Smer has nominated a candidate for the mayoralty of Žilina, in northern Slovakia, despite an agreement with the Slovak National Party (SNS) that it would support its candidate, SNS chairman Ján Slota told the TASR newswire on Tuesday, September 28.

Legislative elections in Venezuela is product of a mixed and local system, AVN (2010)

As soon as the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued the first bulletin of results of the legislative elections six hours after polling places had closed, opposition spokespeople began their discrediting campaign against the electoral regulations, which they completely knew since last year and under which they accepted to go to polls.

More votes in Afghan election cancelled, AFP (2010)

Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission, Mr Fazil Ahmad Manawi said votes cast at 39 polling centres have been cancelled after evidence of fraud found. Ballots cast at another 38 polling centres will also be recounted due to suspicion of fraud. It is reported that the detected fraud ranged from ballot-stuffing to multiple voting.

UNDP/IAPSO: Cost-Effective, Transparent Procurement for Elections

Article from the IFES Buyer's Guide to Election Suppliers on lessons learned during the procurement of new election technology for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Mozambique: Despite Some Incidents Campaign Remains Calm and Good-Tempered, AllAfrica (2014)

Despite some incidents of violence in the provinces of Gaza and Nampula, the electoral campaign remains calm at most parts of the country. Furthermore, after 26 boxes of ballot papers were stolen, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) ordered a replacement. Some cases of state vehicles used for the campaign of the ruling party have also been reported.

South Africa: Pansy Tlakula resigns, SABCNews (2014)

In this article, the chairperson of the electoral commission of South Africa, Pansy Tlakula hands in her resignation letter. This comes after months of fighting for her job following calls by several opposition political parties demanding her resignation. Parties argued that her integrity had been compromised.

Dominica: Overseas Teams Invited to Observe Dominica's General Elections, Dominica Government Information Service (2014)

 

Estonia: Constitution of the Republic of Estonia with latest amendment on 6 May 2015

The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, passed by a referendum held on 28 June 1992 (RT1 1992, 26, 349), entered into force 3 July 1992, last amended by the following Act: passed on 06.05.2015 (RT I, 15.05.2015, 1) entered in to force 13.08.2015

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Zambia: Interim statement, General elections and Referendum of 11th August 2016, Commonwealth (2016)

 

Liberia suspends elections due to Ebola outbreak, The Guardian (2014)

Senatorial elections scheduled for October 14 in Liberia have been suspended due to the Ebola outbreak.

India: Steps to avoid violence during Bihar assembly elections, Daily News and Analysis (2010)

This article discusses the special measures implemented to prevent election-related violence in the assembly elections in Bihar, India. In this state, Maoists threatened to disrupt the upcoming assembly elections. The Election Commission decided to deploy central para-military forces and armed police from other states, and to hold the polling in a very restricted period of time (from 7.00 am to 3.00 pm). Levels of election-related violence in the country are gradually decreasing: in 2001, 191 people lost their lives in the local elections, but in 2004 only 19 people died.

Uganda: What do internal party elections mean to democracy? The Daily Monitor (2010)

This article discusses the internal elections in a party. During the last primaries of the National Resistance Movement violence broke out, yet they represent a great model of candidate selection and internal party democracy. The NRM Electoral Commission was not not prepared and underestimated the importance and impact of the polls. The author further discusses the concept and the principles behind internal party democracy.