ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Suriname: Constitution (1987)

 

Lebanon: Introduction to Municipal Elections (2016)

A short video introduction to Lebanon's municipal councils and its various actors and functions. Created by the UNDP Lebanese Elections Assistance Project.

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South Africa: IEC to re-advertise vacancy, IOL (2015)

In this article, the presidency is asked to re-advertise the electoral commissioner vacancy of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). This is as a result of gender and race representivity required.

South Africa: Handover of ward boundaries 'the staring gun' for 2016 municipal elections: Electoral Commission, Sowetan Live (2015)

In this article, the IEC prepares for the upcoming local government elections. The Municipal Demarcation Board has now handed over the final ward boundaries to the IEC.

Uganda: EC releases names of nominated legislators, The Daily Monitor (2010)

This article reports on the release of the official lists of the nominated candidates in Uganda. The Electoral Commission released the list with the names of the candidates and their party affiliations, dividing them in the three categories: women and directly-elected MPs and LC5 chairpersons. 2,080 candidates will run in the 2011 elections: 1,214 will run for 15 political parties and 886 are independent candidates.

Respublika Party Announces Agreement On New Kyrgyz Coalition, RFE/RL (2010)

The article reports that three of the five political parties elected to the Kyrgyz Parliament that agreet to form a governing coalition, two weeks after a previous alliance collapsed amid disagreement. The Respublika party announced today it will join a coalition with the Social Democratic Party and the Ata-Jurt Party.

Uganda: EC warns government officials, The New Vision (2010)

This article reports on the Electoral Commission's warning to government officials regarding the use of public resources for their electoral campaigns. The campaigns was officially launched yesterday, and the EC immediately pointed at the electoral law: sections 25 of the Parliamentary Elections Act states that "no candidate shall use government or public resources for the purpose of campaigning for elections".

Kenyans march to protest ICC's naming of suspects, Reuters (2010)

This article reports on the investigation of the riots that erupted in Kenya following the disputed presidential elections in December 2007. The International Criminal Court released the list of suspects, which included three cabinet ministers and a former police chief and notorious deputy prime minister Kenyatta (son of Kenya's statesman, Jomo Kenyatta). Hundreds of people, led by some legislators, protested in the streets over the naming of suspects and the parliament is even considering a motion to withdraw from the Rome Statute that establishes the Hague court.

Electoral Commission of Ghana

"The Electoral Commission is one of the governance institutions provided for under the 1992 constitution. The Commission was established by the Electoral Commission Act (Act 451) of 1993. It was set up purposely to manage the conduct of all public elections and to handle all matters directly relating to the conduct of elections in the country. It is made up of 7 members – a chairman, 2 deputy chairmen and 4 other members. The commission has administrative and regulatory powers."

Egypt’s Election Law: Too Complicated For A New Democracy, Council on Foreign Relations (2011)

This analysis is about the Egyptian Election's law. It says that Egyptians are to begin voting late this month, and it is important that in this first free election the population knows what it is voting for. But it’s unlikely they will have much of an idea in the ridiculously complex system that has now been designed. It would confuse a bunch of Ph.D. statisticians, much less an electorate that is about 30 percent illiterate.

Philippines: Members of fraud probe team named, The Philippine Star (2011).

This article discusses the panel to investigate alleged cheating in the 2004 and 2007 elections. The Philippines’ Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have chosen five members for the panel with experience in election-related cases and former boards of canvassers.

Thai Parliament Prepares to Elect First Woman Prime Minister, VOA (2011).

This article discusses the prime minister election by the Thailand's parliament since the July 3 general elections. The election resulted in Pheu Thai Party won 265 seats in the 500 member House of Representatives.

Singapore to hold presidential election on Aug. 27, Xinhua (2011).

This article reports the schedule for Presidential election in Singapore that will be held on August 27, 2011. The nomination day is August 17, 2011.

A Look Into Singapore's Presidential Election, The Jakarta Globe (2011).

This article discusses the coming Presidential Election in Singapore scheduled to be held on August 27, 2011. Nomination day will be on August 17, which gives 9 days for candidates to campaign. The candidates which have applied for certificate of eligibility are Tony Tan, Tan Cheng Bock, Tan Kin Lian, and Tan Jee Say.

Singapore: PE: 2.27m Singaporeans qualify to vote for new President, Channel News Asia (2011).

This article discusses report by the Singapore Elections Department on eligible voters for the August 27 Presidential election. There are 2,274,773 eligible voters and 5,500 overseas eligible voters.

Indonesia: Constituency debate appears likely to stall election bill, The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article discusses the proposal from major political parties to increase the number of constituencies. The proposal is being opposed by the smaller political parties and analyst have comment the idea to cover-up of gerrymandering.

Indonesia: e-IDs seen as fix for duplicate card ownership problem, The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article discusses the issuance of electronic identity cards in the hope to eliminate cases of double ID ownership. The issuance of e-IDs in Jakarta is aimed to be completed before the 2012 regional elections.

Indonesia: Puncak election delayed following deadly clash, The Jakarta Post (2011).

This article reports the delay on local election in Puncak regency, Papua, due to clash related to the rejection of regent candidate by the regional election commission (KPUD). Nineteen people were dead following the clash.

Voto Informado incursiona en Av. Benavides y Caminos del Inca. Surco.

El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, mediante el programa Voto Informado de la Dirección Nacional de Educación y Formación Cívica Ciudadana, en el marco de las Nuevas Elecciones Municipales para la Municipalidad de Lima Metropolitana 2013, incursionó en Av. Benavides y Caminos del Inca y exteriores de la Universidad Ricardo Palma. La incursión se desarrolló con la participación de un arlequín, globos y merchandising, con la finalidad de incentivar a la población tenga conocimiento de acudir a votar el 24.11.2013 dónde se va a elegir a veintidós regidores, se entregó volantes, asimismo a través de hojas informativas de dio a conocer las agrupaciones políticas y sus propuestas electorales, a ingresar a la página web: www.votoinformado.pe y participar en el concurso "Yo quiero para mi ciudad ...", con la finalidad de expresarse y poder informarse.