ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Indonesia: Direct or indirect election: Does it matter? The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article discusses the proposal by Ministry of Home Affairs to change the direct election of the governor to an indirect election by the provincial legislature (DPRD I).

Indonesia: Cutting Campaign Costs Seen as Key to Fighting Graft, The Jakarta Globe (2011).

This article discusses the revision for regulations for campaign spending in the regional elections.

Malaysia: Media Centre Set Up For Tenang By-Election, Bernama (2011).

This article provides information of the media center set up by the Information Communication and Culture Ministry for the Tenang by election which operated until Jan 30, 2011.

Malaysia: Simultaneous Elections? Taib Says Will Discuss With PM, Bernama (2011).

This article discusses possibility for holding simultaneous parliamentary and state elections.

Independent Electoral Commission of the Central African Republic

The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI, Commission Electorale Indépendante) is not established by the Constitution of 2004, but by the electoral code, Loi no 09.016 2009, Articles 9-22. In general the CEI's National Coordination is a body comprised of 31 members. The website is available only in French.

Central African Republic: Constitution (2004)

The Constitution of the Central African Republic was ratified by the electorate in a referendum held on 5 December 2004 and promulgated on 27 December of the same year. The Constitution was amended in 2010 (by the "Loi constitutionnelle no 10-005 du 11 mai 2010, modifiant et completant certaines dispositions de la constitution du 27 décembre 2004 "), which extended the terms of the President and the National Assembly. (This is the French version)

Central African Republic braces for poll, Reuters (2011)

This article reports on the preparations for the long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections in the Central African Republic. President Francois Bozize, in power since a 2003 coup, appear to be the leading candidate to become president (in 2005 he received 67% of the votes). Hundreds of candidates are competing for the 105 seats in the parliament. Some 1.8 million people out of a population of 4.6 million have registered to vote.

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Nicaragua: Carter Center to visit Nicaragua for elections, ajc (2011)

The Carter Center will send a small delegation to Nicaragua during the upcoming presidential and legislative elections on Nov 6.

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Egypt presidential elections in late May: Minister, Ahram Online (2012)

This news article says that Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election will take place in May, the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Wednesday 15 Feb.

Egypt: Voting begins for second round of Shura Council elections, Egypt Independent (2012)

In this news article; the second round of elections for Egypt’s upper house, the Shura Council, began Tuesday 14 Feb. The end of this round, after runoffs, will mark the official conclusion of polling for Egypt’s first post-Hosni Mubarak Parliament, for which elections began in late November last year.

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Bolivia:Bolivia's Evo Morales claims regional poll success, BBC News (2010)

"Bolivian President Evo Morales has hailed his party's success in regional elections but exit polls suggest he has suffered some setbacks."