ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Singapore: The Political Donations Act (2010).

This is the Singapore Political Donations Act.

1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (2010).

This is the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.

Swedish politicians adopt US-style campaigning, The Swedish Wire (2010)

This article reports on the electoral campaign in Sweden. This year's elections are focusing on personal politics rather than on issues. Apparently, on September 19th, the Swedish people will vote for the candidates themselves rather than the parties. Recent polls predicted a tight race between the two main candidates: Mona Sahlin, leader of the center-left coalition, and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the center-right Alliance.

Shut out political hopefuls arrange run off selection in Cook Islands seat, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

This article reports on a run off elections organized by election hopefuls of the Democratic Party in the Cook Islands. In the past days, there has been criticism over the way the sitting MP was confirm as a candidate, in particular the other members of the party complained about the secrecy of the process.

Solomon Islands Prime Ministerial contenders named, Radio New Zealand (2010)

This article reports on the nomination of the two candidates to become Prime Minister in the Solomon Islands: Danny Philip and Steve Abana The newly-elected 50-member Parliament will meet for the first time on Wednesday to elect the prime minister.

Photo finish for Aussie election, Mail & Guardian (2010)

This article reports on the final day of the electoral campaign in Australia. Julia Gillard, the country's first women Prime Minister and leader of the Labor Party, appear to be the frontrunner, on the other hand, Tony Abbot appears self-confident and determined to win. Experts predict a tight race.

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Iraq: IFES Program in Iraq Reaches Underrepresented Populations

Short piece by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on their program, "to help Iraqi citizens understand their right to a secret vote, as well as their right to information about the electoral process. The program emphasizes activities impacting internally displaced people (IDPs), persons with disabilities, the elderly, first-time voters, women, widows and religious and ethnic minorities."

Lebanon: Election monitor LADE says polls calm, but some violations to be investigated, The Daily Star (2010)

The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) confirmed on Sunday that the Mount Lebanon municipal elections were calm in general except violations in campaign advertisements. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=114471#ixzz0mr4uGxij (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)

German Coalition Faces Tough Regional Vote, Wall Street Journal (2010)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has managed so far to limit the political backlash in Germany against the Greek bailout. The bad news for Ms. Merkel: Her coalition is nonetheless heading for defeat in crucial regional elections.

AU envoy meets Cote d'Ivoire election officials amid stalled process, People's Daily (2010)

The special representative of the African Union (AU) in Cote d'lvoire, Ambroise Nyomsaba, met with President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) Youssouf Bakayoko on Thursday 29 April to discuss the stalled election process.

UNOCI urges Ivorian parties to resume the processing of appeals on the Electoral list, Relief Web (2010)

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) urges the Ivorian parties to continue to show the political will and determination to make the resumption of the appeals process on the provisional electoral list a reality.

Expatriates can participate in Czech elections abroad (Prague Daily Monitor, 2010)

Expatriates have had a chance to participate in Czech elections to the Chamber of Deputies, lower house of parliament, abroad twice - in 2002 and in 2006.

Slovak Election is a Race for Second Place (Angus Reid Global Monitor, 2010)

The governing Direction-Social Democracy (Smer) is clearly ahead of its rivals as an election in Slovakia draws near, according to a poll by Median SK. 44 per cent of respondents would vote for Smer in next month’s ballot.

Haití: Francia aborda con gobierno de Haití financiación de elecciones parciales, Spanish People (2012)

Francia confirmó hoy que mantiene conversaciones con las autoridades haitianas para financiar las elecciones parciales programadas para este año y que según expertos podrían costar unos 25 millones de dólares.

Egypt: Vote Compass launched, Radio Netherlands (2011)

This news is about the Arabic desk of Radio Netherlands Worldwide which has launched an online ‘Vote Compass’ for the parliamentary elections in Egypt. The site, developed in collaboration with Amsterdam’s VU University, helps voters find out which political party most closely reflects their views.

Egypt: Voting Compass Egypt, Radio Netherlands (2011)

Radio Netherlands has launched the " Voter compass" . This tool is independent is aiming to educate the voters and to expand their participation in elections by providing detailed information about all parties and their programmes. The site is available in English and Arabic.

Ireland: Nominations for general election to close today, The Irish Times (2011)

This article reports on the latest update from Ireland. Nominations for the 2011 general elections will close today, February 9. In the meantime, yesterday two candidates - Micheál Martin and Eamon Gilmore - faced each other in the first major TV debate of the campaign.

Ireland: Big increase in Independent candidates, RTE News (2011)

This article reports on the closing of the nominations for this month's General Election. So far, the trends in the nominations show an increased in the number of independent and minor parties candidates. Fianna Fáil presented less candidates, while the other two major parties Fine Gael and Labour presented many more compared to 2007.