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ACE Electoral News

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Indonesia: KPU gets election training from Oz, The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article reports the cooperation between the Australian Election Commission with the Bangka Belitung Islands General Election Commission (KPU) in training on conducting elections. The training is on voter data, candidate verification, supporting election candidates, etc.

Hungary Proposes Single-Round Election, The Wall Street Journal (2011)

Hungarian government tries to simplify Hungary`s rather complicated election system. But critics say it will make it more difficult for smaller parties to nominate their candidates. The reform would mean a change from a two-round model to a mixed single-round parliamentary election system.

Serbia:No elections this year, says parliament speaker, B92 (2011)

In Serbia there is no agreement yet whether to hold parliamentary and local elections in the same time or separately. Moreover Serbian parliamentary speaker, Slavica Đukić-Dejanović announced that there were no initiatives to hold local elections in this year.

Ukraine:Nine Oppositional Parties Agree To Meet On September 12 To Create Committee To Ensure Fair Elections, Ukrainian News (2011)

According to oppositional political forces on September 12 nine Ukrainian parties will create a committee for protection of fair elections. The parties discussed necessity in elaboration of a draft law on parliamentary elections in order to guarantee their democracy and fairness. The meeting on September 12 is open for non-governmental organizations too.

Panamá: Con temas de impacto, sale a la luz pública 12ª. edición de Mundo Electoral, Tribunal Electoral (2011)

Ya salió a la luz pública la 12ª. Edición de la revista Mundo Electoral, que publica el Tribunal Electoral (TE), en la que se destacan interesantes artículos de actualidad como e l de presidenta de CostaRica, Laura Chinchilla, en el que se resalta el papel de la mujer en la política, y del Director Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA Internacional, Daniel Zovatto, sobre el tema de la reelección en América Latina.

Guatemala: Candidates head for runoff in Guatemalan presidential election, CNN (2011)

The two top candidates in Guatemala's presidential race are headed for a runoff after tallies Monday revealed neither had secured enough votes to win the election.

Guatemala: OAS notes high turnout in Guatemala elections, Caribbean News (2011)

The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said on Monday that "beyond the difficulties and problems, the Guatemalan people have been able to express their will. We hope that the runoff election is carried out in a climate of peace and cooperation between the different sectors of the country. "

Presidential Candidate From Republic Of Guyana To Visit South Florida, South Florida Caribbean News (2011)

Guyana's Presidential candidate, Brigadier (retired) David A. Granger is set to meet with supporters in Florida to solicit technical and financial assistance to enhance his chances of victory in the November/December 2011 national elections.

British Virgin Islands: Khoy Smith Joins PPA Election Bid

President of Farmers on the Move, Khoy Smith has formally launched his campaign to contend for an At-Large seat with the newly formed People's Patriotic Alliance (PPA) at the upcoming General Election which is constitutionally due by November.

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Oman: Encouraging response to first phase of elections to Majlis Shura, Gulf News (2011)

This news article talks about the first phase of elections to Oman's Majlis Shura began on Saturday 8 October with encouraging response from citizens living in GCC countries, especially at the embassy in Abu Dhabi where a large number of citizens queued up since early morning to exercise their franchise.

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“Local elections most likely won’t be held in Kosovo”, B92 (2012)

Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that local elections most likely would not be organized in Kosovo.

Greece's Venizelos quits as finance minister to lead party to polls, Reuters, (2012)

Evangelos Venizelos, the former Greek finance minister, will lead the socialist party (PASOK) in the upcoming elections.

Armenian opposition leader demands safeguards for fair elections, RFE/RL (2011)

The news article informs that Raffi Hovannisian, an Armenian opposition leader, addressed President Serzh Sarkisian with an appeal to substantiate his commitment to holding democratic elections by introducing a number of radical changes to the electoral process. In his letter the leader of the Heritage Party listed 15 such measures which included ceasing the use of government funds and properties by the ruling party and eliminating pressure on public-sector employees and civil servants and a number of other issues. As of now, the Presidential administration has not responded to the demands of the opposition forces.

Nauru Government confident that public will back constitutional reforms, Solomon Stars (2010)

This article is on Voting on four key amendments to make changes to the constitution in the referendum on 27 Feb 2010.

Indonesia: House legislation body fails to agree on parliamentary threshold, Antara (2011).

This article reports the failure of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Legislation Body to settle parliamentary threshold in revised version of Law No 10/2008 on General Elections. The debate of the threshold is between 2,5-5 percent.

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