ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

USA: Records broken for fundraising, The Washington Post (2010)

This article report on the fund-raising in the electoral campaign in the United States. According to new campaign finance data, congressional candidates have surpassed the fund-raising records for midterm elections ($2 billion). The Federal Election Commission data also showed that GOP-allied interest groups are responsible for most of the fund-raising.

USA: Security debate grows over Internet voting, USA Today (2010)

This article reports on the ongoing discussions about the introduction of Internet voting in the United States. Some States are looking into the Internet voting for military and overseas voters - 4-5 million voters. The District of Columbia tested an Internet voting system, but computers scientists and hackers quickly demonstrated its vulnerability. Citizens abroad voting in Arizona and West Virginia will use a similar system, while more than 20 states allowed e-mail voting.

Uganda's Museveni, Besigye set for third electoral face-off, VOA News (2010)

This article reports on the Uganda electoral officials' decision to allow President Museveni and chief rival Besigye to run in the next presidential election. Many other candidates registered, but experts believe that Mr. Besigye is the only real challenge to his former-ally Mr. Museveni. Museveni has ruled Uganda since 1986, and won three elections since the introduction of multi-party polls in 1995.

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Ukraine: Parliament gives preliminary approval to amendments to constitution on dates of next presidential and parliamentary elections, Interfax (2010)

This news article is on the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, which has given preliminary approval to amendments to the Constitution on the dates of the next presidential and parliamentary elections.

Malaysian Observer Expects Good Turnout For Uzbek Elections, Bernama (2009).

This article notes Malaysian observer who expects high voter turnout in Uzbekistan parliamentary elections, there are more than 200 observers and 36 countries invited to observe the elections.

Malaysia: 2009 Year Of By-Elections, Bernama (2009).

This article discusses eight by-elections in which two were for parliamentary and six were for state seats that were held all through the year 2009 in Malaysia.

Myanmar: Civil Society's Role Beyond the Election, The Irrawaddy (2009).

This article discuss the role of union level civil society groups and the role of elected members of parliament ahead the 2010 elections.

Philippines: 2010 guidelines out, Manila Bulletin (2009).

This article notes the Commission on Elections (Comelec) guidelines to provincial and city school teachers for the appointment to the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the 2010 elections.

Thailand: No pressure on charter change delay, Bangkok Post (2009).

This article discusses the amandment of Article 190 concerning treaties made with foreign countries and Articles 93 to 98 regarding elections of the 2007 constitution.

Uzbekistan: Tashkent holds parliamentary elections, EurasiaNet (2009)

The article writes about December 27 Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistant and mentions that 4 parties have participated in elections and threshold was reported more than 88%. US diplomats and OSCE observers have assessed elections netiher free nor fair and mentioned that the voters were deprived of freedom of choice. On the other hand, observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) marked that elections demonstrated political maturity.

Georgia: Election Code Amendments Approved, Civil.ge (2009)

The article writes, that on December 28, Georgian Parliament approved amendments to the Electoral Code, setting rules for upcoming local elections in May 2010. According to the Law, only political parties will be eligible to run for elections; independent candidates will be excluded.

Kosovo-Metohija 2009: The way towards recognition of independence (Emportal, 2010)

The European Commission noted in its annual report for the progress of the countries candidates and potential candidates for EU accession, that the main challenges ahead of Kosovo-Metohija remained the democracy and the rule of law, fight against corruption and organised crime, increasing of the administrative capacity, human rights and the protection of minorities, and the integration of the communities.

Head to head (The Economist, 2009)

Two candidates remain for Croatia's presidency. The winner will want to clean up the country

Former PM Sanader returns to Croatian politics (Financial Times, 2010)

Ivo Sanader, Croatia’s former prime minister, announced on Sunday his return to politics, promising to revive the troubled centre-right ruling party after its poor showing in presidential elections.

Ukraine’s January elections under-funded? (RT, 2009)

The country's presidential elections on 17th January may face a huge under-funding problem, according to a member of Ukraine's Central Election Commission, which is responsible for organizing the polls.

Ukraine's election: portraits of main players (Reuters, 2010)

A total of 18 candidates are taking part in Ukraine's presidential election on Jan. 17, including President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich.

Philippines: Teachers' group to Comelec: Start election training now, GMA News (2010).

This article notes the call to Commission on Elections (Comelec) to start training teachers for 2010 automated election and to identify qualified teachers to sit on the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI).