ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Singapore: Voters to receive poll cards from tomorrow, Today Online (2011)

This article reports that 2.2. million voters from the 26 contested wards in the Singapore general election will start receiving poll cards on 29 April 2011. All eligible voters should have received their poll cards by 3 May 2011.

Malaysia: Supplementary Election Rolls On Display From Thursday, Bernama (2011)

This article reports that the Malaysian Election Commission will put up for public display the supplementary electoral rolls for the 2011 first quarter from 29 April to 4 May 2011.

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UN council urges swift election in Ivory Coast, Reuters (2009)

The UN urges Cote d'Ivoire to reschedule its delayed presidential election as soon as possible to enable free and fair elections with equal media access. The mediators proposed a timetable according to which final voter list should be published in January and the start of campaigning should take place in February. The elections could then take place either at the end of February or in early March.

Organization of American States to send election observers to Dominica, The Dominican (2009)

The presence of international observers from the Organization of American States was officially requested by Dominican Prime Minister Skerrit for the upcoming December 18 general elections. This is the first time in Dominica's history that outside observers will officially observe elections. They will visit polling centers in all 21 constituencies and will remain in Dominica until the proclamation of final results.

St. Kitts general election next year - Douglas, Radio Jamaica News (2009)

Even though Prime Minister Douglas' term ends on December 16, 2009, he has ruled out a December general election and said the poll will most likely be held next year. The decision comes in the midst of the ongoing court battle between the ruling St Kitt's Labour Party and the opposition People's Action Movement over constituency boundaries.

Lalu to meet election panel over irregularities in EVMs, Sify (2010)

Former Bihar chief minister, Lalu Prasad, will meet the Election Commission officials to formally complain about alleged irregularities in electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the recent assembly polls. Mr Lalu, leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, petitioned a complaint arguing that there was a "mystery" behind the ruling party landslide victory.

Ivory Coast: Trying to break a bloody cycle, TIME (2010)

This article discusses the causes and the outcomes of the election-related violence that erupted in Ivory Coast. The author discusses the role of the other African leaders, who adopted a new approach in dealing with this situation. Instead of mediating and imposing a power-sharing agreement (like in Zimbabwe and Kenya), the leaders in the African Union decided to shun President Laurent Gbagbo. According to the author and to many Africa analysts, this strategy represents a break from the past, and could ultimately be successful in forcing the despotic president to resign.

Montenegrin government dissolved as PM resigns, The Irish Times (2010)

This article reports on the resignation of the prime minister of Montenegro. Yesterday, Milo Djukanovic held a televised press conference and announced his resignation, which resulted in an automatic dissolution of the government. It is not clear when the next elections are going to be.

Iraqi Parliament Approves New Maliki Government, VOA News (2010)

This news article is about the Iraq parliament which voted to approve the new government of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, although the key ministries of interior, defense and national security were left vacant.

How the world can help Haiti, The Globe and Mail (2010)

This article discusses the role of the international community in the political situation in Haiti. The author also discusses the general environment that surrounds the waiting for the official results.

Belarus: Press Release, Presidential Elections, OSCE (2010)

This is a preliminary press release of the international election observation mission. Over 500 international observers from 38 countries observed the voting and counting on behalf of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The team strongly criticized the management of the election, especially during the vote counting operations.

Belarus: Preliminary Statement, Presidential Elections, OSCE (2010)

This is the preliminary statement released by the international election observation mission set out by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to Belarus. The final report is expected to be release on February 2011.

Kyrgyzstan: Parliamentary Elections, Final Report, OSCE/ODIHR (2010)

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) deployed an Election Observation Mission on 7 September 2010, to observe the October 10 parliamentary elections. For election day observation, the OSCE/ODIHR joined efforts with observer delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and the European Parliament (EP). This report was published on December 20.

More parties register for Bulgaria’s May 12 early elections, Sofiaglobe (2013)

The process of Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission accepting applications by political parties to register to stand in the May 12 ahead-of-term parliamentary elections continued on March 25, with those filing documents including the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalists Ataka.

Alenka Bratusek is Slovenia's new premier, Europeonline-magazine.eu (2013)

Alenka Bratusek on Wednesday became the new Slovenian prime minister, with 52 of the 90 legislators backing her cabinet with 13 ministers.

Broken Zimbabwe boomerangs into SADC sights, Mail and Guardian (2011)

Southern African leaders led by Jacob Zuma are meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa over the weekend to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe.

29th SADC Parliamentary Forum Plenary Assembly opens officially Thursday, ANGOP (2011)

The 29th Plenary Assembly of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum will open officially today in Angola.

Egypt: Official website for the high comission of Elections 2011 (Arabic only)

The High Commission of Elections has been established in accordance to article 3 (A) -duplicate, of the starting political Rights' Law 73 of the year 1956, and in accordance to the Decree 136 of the year 2011, issued by the Head of the Higher Council of the Armed Forces . The High Commission of Elections mandate is to supervise the Elections starting from registration until announcing the results. This website is to provide the citizen with all information related to the Elections, voting process, means to facilitate the Electoral process on informing about enlisting within voters' register and searching for sub-committees of voters.

Constituency boundaries to remain unchanged until 2014, BBJ (2011)

Although the Constitutional Court has ruled to redraw the current boundaries of Hungary’s electoral districts to come into effect by the end of this year, any possible by-elections will have to be held under the current scheme till 2014, MTI has learned from Gergely Gulyás, deputy of the governing Fidesz party.