ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Indonesia: Few women aspirants in South Sulawesi elections: Expert, The Jakarta Post (2010).

This article discusses women candidates to contest in South Sulawesi’s regional elections.

Indonesia: Women in politics ignored by legislators, parties: Experts, The Jakarta Post (2010).

This article discusses the support from political parties and legislators for women in politics.

Bulgaria: Date of General Elections to Be Shifted Due to Belene NPP Referendum, Standart News (2012)

Prime minister of Bulgaria suggested holding referendum on the construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant simultaneously with general elections.

Moldova's Central Electoral Commission refuses to hold referendum on joining the Customs Union, Vestnik Kavkaza (2012)

Central Electoral Commission of Moldova refused to hold referendum on joining Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan because only 32 thousand out of 230 thousand signatures collected were valid.

Romanian court to rule on president's impeachment Aug. 31, Reuters (2012)

Romanian Constitutional court will decide on validity on Romanian referendum to impeach the president Basescu. The referendum fell short of required threshold of voters thus leaving Basescu in the position.

Turkey Sets Presidential Election Date, Turkish weekly (2012)

Turkish deputy Prime Minister announced that presidential elections shall be held in August 2014.

Ukraine: Central Election Commission registers 552 candidates for majority constituencies, Kyiv Post (2012)

Ukraine Central Election Commission registered another 329 candidates thus making the overall 522 candidates in people's deputies for majority constituencies.

Ukraine: Central Election Commission: Deputies with previous convictions may not run for elections, Kyiv Post (2012)

Member of Ukraine CEC Mykhailo Okhendovsky confirmed that convicted persons, who did not serve their sentence, are prohibited to candidate in the parliamentary elections. Such list of persons would include former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko to that list.

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Canada: Conservatives lose some ground in poll, Reuters Canada (2011)

The article discusses snap elections in Canada to be held on the 2nd of May. According to the latest opinion poll, the ruling Conservative Party has lost some support.

Finland's election: Race to the Finnish, The Economist (2011)

The article discusses the possible outcomes of the Finnish parliamentary elections to be held on Sunday the 17th of April. The author argues that Finnish elections usually don't excite attention abroad, but this time the situation is different as polls show significant rise of a populist Eurosceptic right-wing party.

UK: AV campaigns trade blows over conflict of interest claim, The Guardian (2011)

The article discusses referendum campaign funding in the UK. As the electoral system referendum comes closer, the "Yes" and "No" camps argue whether the Electoral Reform Society - the group funding the "Yes" campaign - stands to gain financially from a switch to AV.

Egypt awaits poll results as Tahrir protest planned, Reuters (2011)

This news article says that Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties look set to win on Friday 2 Dec , and protesters have called a rally to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month.

UNDP Papua New Guinea

This link leads to the United Nations Development Programme Papua New Guinea Country page.

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Egypt to announce initial election result at 1800 GMT, Reuters (2011)

This news says that Election officials will announce results from the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary election at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Friday, state television said.

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