ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Indonesia: National Scene: Hundreds of violations found by Bawaslu, The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article discusses the 1,718 reports of poll violations in 92 local elections in 2011 received by the General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu). Most violations involved money politics, voter registration frauds, illegal campaigns, and involvement of civil servants as campaign workers.

Philippines: Poll council starts technology screening process, Newsbytes Philippines (2011).

This article discusses the Automated Election System (AES) technology exposition in the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) in Quezon City. The Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) started the evaluation process of the various election technologies to select the most suitable technology for the 2013 Election.

Malaysia: Parliament: No Early Voting For Nurses, Doctors, Journalists Yet, Bernama (2011).

This article discusses the proposal made by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for Electoral Reforms to expand early voting to include nurses, doctors and journalists.

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Semana del elector informado

EL Jurado Nacional de Elecciones del Perú realiza una feria informativa frente a su sede institucional, se prolongará hasta el 21 de noviembre.

La Dirección Nacional de Educación y Formación Cívica Ciudadana del Jurado Nacional de Elecciones del Perú organiza feria informativa de propuestas de los candidatos a próximo proceso electoral.

El 20 de noviembre en la Plaza San Martín, uno de los espacios urbanos emblemáticos de Lima, las organizaciones políticas que participarán en las próximas elecciones que se realizarán el 24 de noviembre para elegir 22 regidores de la Municipalidad Metropolitana, presentarán a la ciudadanía a sus candidatos, quienes podrán conocer sus propuestas en caso de ser elegidos.

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Egypt: A detailed visual breakdown of the results from Egypt's first free presidential elections. Ahram Online (2012)

Ahram Online presents a detailed visual breakdown of the results from Egypt's first free presidential elections. Our selection of charts and maps show which way the votes fell, dividing the results by candidates, geographical regions and political trends. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number and only include the top five candidates. The maps and charts demonstrate which regions favoured which of the top five finalists. It shows that Delta is for Shafiq, Upper Egypt for Mursi and the Mediterranean coast for Sabbahi. All data was compiled by Ahram Online.

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South Africa: Dlamini-Zuma’s AU win hailed, IOL (2012)

In this article, South Africa's Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's election as the chairperson of the African Union Commission is hailed by many.

Mexico: Pre-election Statement on Mexico Election, July 2, 2000

At the invitation of the major political parties and the government of Mexico and with the welcome of the Federal Election Institute, the Latin American and the Caribbean Program (LACP) of the Carter Center, representing the Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers, dispatched an exploratory mission to Mexico on June 12-14, 2000 to assess the electoral process and propose a strategy to monitor the elections of July 2nd. Led by Dr. Robert Pastor, former Director of the LACP, and Dr. Shelley McConnell, Associate Director of the LACP, the four-member team met with senior party officials, members of the government, IFE, the Electoral Tribunal, and diplomats.

Greece to hold key presidential vote two months early, BBC News Europe (2014)

 

Dominica: Preliminary Report of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, 9 December 2014

 

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pre-election statement The Carter Center (2006)

The Carter Center's international election observation mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pleased to release its first pre-election statement on the 2006 presidential and legislative elections.

Sudan Referendum Commission to respond to dissolution efforts, VOA News (2010)

This news article is about an official with Sudan’s referendum commission who said the commission is set to officially respond Wednesday to petitions seeking the group’s dissolution ahead of next month’s referendum.

Sudan party to form north opposition group after split, Reuters (2010)

This news article says South Sudan's main party said it would form a separate opposition group in the north if the country split in two after a referendum next month, and would seek support from marginalized people, even Darfur rebels.