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ACE Electoral News

Pakistan’s Musharraf to form political party, Khaleej Times (2010)

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is planning to launch a political party in a comeback bid two years after he was unseated in elections, officials said on Wednesday.

Czech Republic: Election Watch: Social Dems up in arms (The Prague Post, 2010)

The largest donation in Czech political history came from an Austrian gun runner and nobody seems to care

Czech Republic: TOP 09 launches election campaign, promises moral revival (Prague Daily Monitor, 2010)

The Czech conservative TOP 09 started election campaign on 26th April, with party chairman Karel Schwarzenberg emphasising the need of a pension and health reforms, good education system, fight against corruption, the country's moral revival and a genuine rule of law.

Catholic Church Lambasts Fiscal Profligacy Ahead of Czech Elections (The Wall Street Journal, 2010)

Although most Czechs are agnostics, the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, which has only 500,000 registered Catholics in a country of 10 million, has recently made headlines by siding with small right-leaning and fiscally frugal political parties. The unusual partners are rallying for fiscal spending cuts to prevent a Greek-style debt crisis in the future.

Poland heads to fierce election campaign (UPI.com, 2010)

While many Poles are still in shock over the crash of the presidential airplane in Russia, politicians are gearing up for the vote that decides the succession of Kaczynski.

Komorowski Will Win Polish Presidency - Polls (The New York Times, 2010)

Poland's Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski would win a presidential election expected in June following the death of incumbent Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, polls showed Tuesday.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski runs to replace brother Lech in Polish election (Guardian, 2010)

Leader of Law and Justice party vows to continue the work of his twin, who was president, and others killed in plane crash.

Polish Politicians Warn Election Campaign Could Turn 'Nasty' (Eurasia Review, 2010)

With almost two months to go before presidential elections in Poland, politicians have warned the election campaign could become aggressive, Polish Radio said on Tuesday.

Tanzania:Poll findings by Redet raise eyebrows, (2010)

Questions have once again been raised on the legitimacy of the findings by the Research and Education for Democracy (Redet) published yesterday that President Jakaya Kikwete’s popularity remains high while that of his aids is falling. Those who spoke to The Citizen raised concern as to the modalities used by the institute for sampling where opposition parties have continued to post poor records of popularity similar to the findings of 2005 by the same institution.

Burma (Myanmar): Preliminary Analysis of Myanmar's 2010 Electoral Laws, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (2010)

This briefing paper written by Richard Horsey gives an overview of the main provisions introduced by electoral laws that were released in March 2010. It offers a different view of the commonly cited information such as the restriction for people with criminal record to stand for elections.

Nigeria orders elections chief to step down, Washington Post (2010)

Nigeria's acting president on Wednesday ordered the OPEC member's elections chief to step down immediately over widespread concern that next year's vote would not be credible under his leadership.

Nigeria: Tackling Unending Election Petitions, All Africa (2010)

It is a measure of the unwieldy pace of justice in Nigeria that in less than one year to the end of the four year tenure of this administration petitions still abound at various election tribunals.

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Nicaragua: Ortega Takes Big Lead In Polls, insidecostarica (2011)

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has a strong lead over his opponents heading into November's presidential election, an opinion poll showed Monday. Of those polled, 56.5% would vote for Ortega, over 40% more than would vote for his closest rival Fabio Gadea, a lead big enough for the incumbent to win in the first round of elections, pollster M&R Consultants said.

México: Fear of past, ire at present divide young Mexicans, Bloomberg Businessweek

With signs shouting "No to repression!" and "Down with the PRI!" the angry students who have taken the streets of Mexico with flash protests have become the most visible face of youth in this election.

México: Mexico violence escalates as elections approach, The Australian Eye (2012)

With presidential and local elections slightly more than two weeks away, violence _ some of it political, some of it part of a raging drug war _ is surging in Mexico, with candidates killed, journalists snatched and major arrests threatening to touch off a wave of reprisals.

México: Mexican presidential candidates and their promises, News with Views (2012)

The Mexican presidential election proceeds apace, with less than three weeks to go.

México: Election Guide: Mexico's 2012 Vote, Americas Society (2012)

On July 1, nearly 80 million Mexicans will be eligible to vote in elections that could be a game changer for the country. The National Action Party (PAN) has held the presidency since 2000, when the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) finally lost its seven-decade-long power grip. Now the PRI may be poised for a return, given that from the beginning of the campaigns, PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto has polled as the frontrunner.

México: Ciudadanos piden a los candidatos respetar los resultados de la elección, CNN México (2012)

Un grupo de 64 ciudadanos, intelectuales y académicos llamaron este lunes a los candidatos a la presidencia, medios de comunicación y actores económicos a comprometerse a respetar las reglas de las elecciones, las instituciones y los resultados de los comicios del próximo 1 de julio.

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