ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

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Philippines: Two panels to probe 2004, 2007 poll fraud, ABS-CBN News (2011).

This article discusses two panels from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate alleged fraud in the 2004 presidential and 2007 senatorial elections.

Malaysia: Motion On PSC On Electoral Reform To Be Tabled In Parliament In October, Bernama (2011).

This article discusses the the proposal to set up parliamentary select committee (PSC) on October parliamentary sitting. The PSC will look into strengthening law and regulations in the electoral processes.

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Armenia:Statements of preliminary findings and conclusions, OSCE (2012)

Parliament elections in Armenia were held on May 6th 2012 under the new rules established by the new Electoral Code. `Territorial and central election commissions worked in an open and transparent manner. However some inconsistencies were observed, such as unequal playing field for electoral contestants, intimidation of voters, other serious violations. The improvement from the last elections is recognizable.

Serbia: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions, OSCE (2012)

Parliamentary, provincial, local and first round of presidential election of Serbia took place simultaneously on 6th of May. Electoral commissions carried out their duties efficiently and within legal deadlines. For the first time, a single unified voter register based on a system of permanent registration was used. Public allegations were raised about widespread vote-buying within the Roma population, intimidation of employees, and possible misuse of public resources.

Nikolic Wins Serbian Presidential Election, Ria Novosti (2012)

Serbians elected new president in Presidential elections second round, which occurred on 20th of May. Tomislav Nikolic won with 49% of the vote against Boris Tadic with 47%.

Serbia: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions, OSCE (2012)

The second round of Serbian presidential elections took place on 20th of May. Between the rounds some allegations of election fraud occurred. The number of complaints was lodged and examined by The Republic Electoral Commission. Generally, the vote count was assessed as orderly, efficient and transparent, media coverage was distributed fairly.

Serbia: Commission announces results of parliamentary elections, B92 (2012)

In final results of Serbian Parliament election, Progressive Party (SNS) won 73 seats out of 250 in the parliament, the Democratic party won 67 seats, The Socialist Party of Serbia-Party of United Pensioners of Serbia-United Serbia coalition won 44 seats.

Serbia: Parliamentary elections could be repeated, B92 (2012)

Leader of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia Jovan Krkobabić expressed his position on possible government formation options, not ruling out the possibility that parliamentary elections might be repeated.

Serbia: The gravedigger’s victory, A surprise win for Tomislav Nikolic, The Economist (2012)

After Serbia’s parliament and president elections, there are still questions on who should be appointed as prime minister and how the following government will be constituted.

Albania fails a second time to elect a president, KyivPost (2012)

Albania’s second attempt to elect a president in Parliament came to no avail. They have 3 more attempts to agree, otherwise early national elections will be held.

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