ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Niue: Laws, Volume 2, Statutes Constitutional to M, Legislations as at December (2006)

This document contains the second volume of the Niue Laws compilation including the 1977 Constitutional Polls Act. The legislative texts were compiled by Professor AH Angelo with the assistance of Nicola Scott.

USA: California gubernatorial election expected to make history, Xinhua (2010)

This article reports on the midterm elections in the United States. In particular, the author discusses the gubernatorial elections in California, where a billionaire woman, Meg Whitman, is running against a senior and experienced politician, Jerry Brown. "Meg" (Ms Whitman) would be the first woman to become governor of California, while Mr Brown would be the first governor to serve three nonconsecutive terms in this state (he governed from 1975 to 1983).

USA: More than 400 election observers to monitor Tuesday elections, CNN (2010)

This article reports on the decision of the Federal Government to deploy more than 400 electoral observers in 18 states to monitor the November 2 midterm elections. The Justice Department announced that the federal observers will monitor in particular the 30 potential trouble spots, like Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Houston (Texas), Cleveland (Ohio) and Maricopa County (Arizona). During the 2006 midterm elections, the federal government deployed 850 observers and monitors.

Afghan candidates and MPs call for new election, Reuters (2010)

This article reports on the decision of few lawmakers and candidates to ask for new elections in Afghanistan. More than six weeks after the parliamentary election, the Independent Election Commission is still unable to release the preliminary results because of the high number of complaints submitted and malpractices witnessed on the election day.

Thailand: Election frauds proposed not to cause Thai political parties disbanded, Xinhua News (2010).

This article discusses constitution amendment regarding dissolution of political parties involved in election frauds.

Philippines: Comelec to resume printing of 34.2 million voter's IDs, The Philippine Star (2010).

This article discusses resume printing of voters IDs by Philippine Commission on Elections after undergone Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) program.

Malaysia: Voters In Galas And Batu Sapi By-Elections Can Check Info Via EC Website, Bernama (2010).

This article discusses facilities for voters to check out information on Galas and Batu Sapi by elections as provided by the Election Commission in their website.

Malaysia: Smooth Postal Voting In Galas, Bernama (2010).

This article discusses the galas by election postal voting process with 177 ballots were cast.

Malaysia: 1,014 Postal Voters In Batu Sapi Cast Votes Today, Bernama (2010).

This article discusses Batu Sapi by election postal voting process with voters from members of General Operations Force, Royal Malaysia Police and Election Commission workers.

Myanmar's polls a headache for ASEAN, Asia Times (2010).

This article discusses ASEAN countries divisions on response to Myanmar’s November 7 elections.

Myanmar: No voting for minorities, The Straits Times (2010).

This article discusses the cancellation of voting for the November 7 elections in village tracts in several townships in Myanmar.

Burma warns against poll boycott, BBC (2010).

This article discusses the urged to vote in Myanmar November 7 elections as stated in Myanmar state run media in response to the growing calls for boycott.

British Virgin Islands: Premier Announces November 7 As General Elections Day, BVI Platinum News (2011)

BVI's premier Ralph O'Neal has announced November 7, 2011 as the date for General Elections in the British Overseas Territory. The Premier also expressed his confidence in his re-election.

Bermuda:Reform electoral system to combat racial polarisation UBP leader Kim Swan, Royal Gazette (2011)

Member of the third party, UBP, Kim Swan is calling for electoral reform in Bermuda to rid the Island of racial polarization after a recent survey showed that the opposition One Bermuda Alliance is attracting much of its support from whites and the older generation. The survey found that 72 percent of whites favoured the OBA. While the ruling Progressive Labour Party took only five percent of the white vote and 49 percent of the black vote.

Morocco: Eelectoral list quotas draw criticism. Magharebia (2011)

This news article talks about a recent proposal which is to grant more parliament seats to women and youths has caused controversy in Morocco.

Saudi Arabia’s Municipal Elections: Tough Lessons Learned from Islamic Conservatives – Analysis, Eurasia Review (2011)

This analysis gives lessons leaned from the Municipal Elections in Saudi Arabia for the coming Municipal Elections in 29 Sep 2011.

Egypt presidential hopefuls want early poll date, Reuters (2011)

This news article says that seven presidential hopefuls will call on Egypt's ruling military council to fix an early date for an election for the presidency and may demand the poll be held in February or March 2012, one of the candidates said on Thursday 15 Sep.

Tunisia debates Constituent Assembly powers, Magharebia (2011)

This news article talks about Some Tunisian political parties that want to limit the authority of the Constituent Assembly in an effort to avoid concentrating power in the hands of one body.

Latvian voters connect with smart heads, UKauthorITy (2011)

The article treats of a new social media that was launched just before the 2010 scrutiny and used during the September 2011 elections to increase communication between the voters and the candidates. With this media, Latvian citizens can ask questions directly to politicians throughout their internet profiles. The author of the article reports that over 4000 questions were asked to politicians and about 3000 of the site users’ questions were answered.

Bultürk puts up presidential candidate in Bulgaria, FOCUS Information Agency (2011)

In the upcoming presidential elections in Bulgaria 23 October 2011 there will be an ethnic Turk candidate as well. Bultürk, an Istanbul-based organization of Bulgarian ethnic Turks have not yet revealed the name of its candidate.