ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Palestine: Fatah supports, others object to postponement of local Elections, Palestine News Agency (2011)

In this news article, Fatah central committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul Tuesday justified the Palestinian Authority’s decision to postpone local elections saying it came at the request of Hamas in order to hold elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip at the same time.

South Africa: ANC Divided Over Western Cape Prospects, AllAfrica (2011)

The article discusses division amongst ANC members in the Western Cape province ahead of the upcoming local government elections.

Kenya:Firms bid for poll materials,Daily Nation(2012)

The article is about the preparations for the next General elections

Voting LIVE: Russians to monitor elections online, rt (2012)

Each polling station is being equipped with cameras for the March 4 Presidential elections. The information will be broadcasted to several web portals – for everyone to watch online.

Tanzania: CCM denies split over Arumeru poll,The Citizen,(2012)

The article talks about divisions in the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party supporters in the upcoming by-election in Arumeru East Constituency on April 1.

Tanzania:CUF Representative under attack in Z'bar over remarks, The Citizen(2012)

The article is about a member of the Zanzibar House of representatives who is alleged to have made remarks of incitement and hate speech during a previous by-election.

Tanzania: Litmus test for CUF as defectors form party,The Citizen(2012)

The article is about party members who defected from CUF and formed a new Political Party.

Uganda:Scramble for regional parliament seats begin,Daily Monitor(2012)

The article is about the EA community and how the Parties will nominate their representatives.

Yanukovych leads Ukraine election with nearly all ballots counted (Ria Novosti, 2010)

Opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych has a more than 10% lead over his closest rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's Sunday presidential election with 99.5% of the ballots counted.

Tymoshenko fights back in Ukraine election (Financial Times, 2010)

Viktor Yanukovich, the Ukrainian opposition leader, and Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister, will go head to head in the decisive run-off of the country’s presidential election after defeating their other rivals in Sunday’s first round.

Georgians leaving Ukraine after failing to get election observer status (Kyiv Post, 2010)

Some of the Georgians who had arrived in Donetsk region for the alleged purpose of being international observers at Sunday's Ukrainian presidential elections but were denied official observer status left for Georgia at noon on Monday and the rest were due to go back on Monday evening, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.

Ukraine's presidential election meets most international commitments (OSCE, 2010)

The observers noted that the election demonstrated respect for civil and political rights, and offered voters a genuine choice between candidates representing diverse political views. Candidates were able to campaign freely, and the campaign period was generally calm and orderly.

Uganda: 35 women arrested over anti-EC demo, Daily Monitor (2010)

The women, who belong to opposition parties under the Inter-Party Cooperation, marched to the EC office to demand for the resignation of Commission Chairman Eng. Badru Kiggundu and his fellow commissioners. It was the first time a women’s group was mobilising against the embattled electoral commissioners who were reappointed last year despite widespread irregularities in the 2006 election which they oversaw.

Kenya:MPs reach consensus on 7 chapters of draft, Daily Nation (2010)

Negotiations by a committee of MPs on a new constitution started on a positive note as they quickly agreed on the opening seven chapters, some of which had caused some controversy.

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South Africa: DA campaign trail hits the Overberg; SABCNews (2010)

The article reports on the campaign trail by the Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille in the Western Cape. It is reported that Zille spoke to residents in the area about their concerns.

Voters in Guinea await results of presidential runoff, VOA News (2010)

This article reports on the vote counting operations in Guinea. Voters in Guinea are waiting for the results of the Sunday presidential poll, but the Electoral Commission announced some delays. The deadline to announce the results is Wednesday. International electoral observers from the African Union, the Carter Center and the European Union reported a high voter turnout and peaceful voting operations.

Guinea's bumpy road from coup to election, Reuters (2010)

This article presents the electoral timetable that finally ended with the long-delayed presidential runoff elections in Guinea. Since December 8, 2008 (when President Lansana Conte was declared death), until November 7, 2010, the country went through a long and uneven road towards the return of civilian power.

Guinea soldiers vote for civilian president, The Daily Nation (2010)

This article reports on the historic poll in Guinea. Guinea military personnel peacefully cast their ballot for a civilian president. During the December 2008 coup and in the following years, soldiers used violence against the people, but now things have radically changed.

Azerbaijan, Parliamentary Elections: Preliminary Statement, OSCE/ODIHR (2010)

This is the Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions of the international election observation mission, which assesses 7 November, 2010 Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.