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ACE Electoral News

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EC-UNDP Partnership on Electoral Assistance

The EC and UNDP have been collaborating in the field of electoral assistance since 1997 but it is since 2004, with the implementation of the project in support of the electoral processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo that the collaboration was strongly intensified, leading to the signature, in 2006, of the "Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of Electoral Assistance Programmes and Projects". This website contains links and references to the formulation and implementation of Electoral Assistance projects of the EC and the UNDP.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Parliamentary Strengthening and Electoral Support Programmes

This report was put together by the Governance and Social Development Research Centre (GSDRC) by the request of AusAID. It contains an overview of the literature on measuring, monitoring and evaluating programmes for parliamentary strengthening, electoral support and political party support.

Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

The NIMD is an institute of political parties for political parties. In line with the development cooperation policy of the Dutch Government and as a response to international requests for support by political parties and groups abroad, the Dutch political parties PvdA, VVD, CDA, D66, the Green-Left party, the Christian Union and SGP decided to set up a new foundation: the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). This foundation was established on 18 April 2000.

Ballot papers of the world

This website contains samples of ballots from various countries of the world. Click on each flag to access the ballot samples.

Association of African Election Authorities - AAEA

The AAEA is an professional Organization of African Electoral Management Bodies. The organization is dedicated to the professionalisation of election administration. A large focus of the Association is information exchange, technical assistance and participation in various activities including pre-election assessment and election observation.

Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: Presidential and Legislative International observer Handbook (2006)

This IFES handbook is essentially based on the presidential elections and legislatives observation in democratic republic of Congo

Kenya: National Assembly and Presidential Elections Act (2009)

 

Poll advantage narrows for Australia's Gillard, Reuters (2010)

This article reports on the latest opinion polls published on The Australian. PM Julia Gillard's popularity seems to be undermined by her new mining tax. According to the poll, the Labor Party fell to 52% (from 55% a week ago), and the conservative opposition rose to 48% (from 45%).

Nigeria: Jega wants N55bn for voters’ register, Vanguard (2010)

This article discusses the challenges facing the Independent National Electoral Commission and its chairman Attahiru Jega in organizing elections currently scheduled for January 2011. One of the main difficulties is the costly and extensive task of creating a new voter register or revising the old register that has been largely discredited.

Ecuador's Correa: has not ruled out new elections, Reuters (2010)

This article reports on the Ecuadorean President's statement about a possible call for elections. President Rafael Correa announced that he has still not ruled out the possibility of dissolving the National Assembly to call for early elections. The next national elections are scheduled for 2013.

Ireland: No major elections before spring, The Irish Times (2010)

This article presents the updates for the electoral law for the Dublin Municipality. The legislation to allow the people to directly-elect the mayor of Dublin will probably be reviewed by the Cabinet in the end of August, and will pass through the Oireachtas only in the fall.

Nigeria:Jega seeks better ties with civil societies, The Nigerian Compass (2010)

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Attahiru Jega empasized the importance of civil society and labour force actors in the process of carrying out credible election in 2011. Many civil society actors have called for a new voter register for the presidential election as the old one is filled with errors.

More Chinese officials selected through competitive elections, reflecting increased fairness, Xinhuanet (2010)

This article reports on the elections of three key Ministry of Public Security (MPS) department heads. According to the Chinese authorities, the three candidates have been selected among 311 others. 9 judges from four bodies of the public administration "elected" the officials. For the first time, officials were not appointed by superiors or elected in single-candidate elections. The new Reform of Official Selection (2010-2020) introduces competitive elections in the public administration.

Solomons’ election sparks a rice shortage, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

Some areas of the Solomon Islands are experience shortages of rice as candidates ship rice to rural areas to lure voters.

Civil society activists to lobby AU over Zimbabwe elections, The Zimbabwean (2010)

This article discusses the decision of Zimbabwean activists to lobby the African Union (AU) to ensure future free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. The activists began talks with some African state and government officials in the AU summit in Uganda in order to get the AU involved in the monitoring and observation of the next elections in Zimbabwe. In the 2009 elections, 500 opposition supporters were murdered, and tens of thousands wounded or tortured.

Trinidad and Tobago:T&T goes to the polls again, The Trinidad Express (2010)

Local elections will take place in Trinidad just over two months after parliamentary elections, an usually short period of time between elections in the country. The island of Tobago will not take part as they have their own elections for the Tobago House of Assembly. The article also discusses some of the parties and candidates involved.

Nigeria:AC faults Jega on voters’ register, The Vanguard (2010)

The Oyo State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) has warned against using the existing voter register in the upcoming presidential election. It is widely accepted that the old register has many errors and the AC raised concerns that using it would undermine the credibility of the election.

New Zealand: Maori Party announces new candidate, The Dominion Post (2010)

The Maori Party announced that Na Rongowhakaata Raihania will be their candidate for the Ikaroa Rawhiti seat in next year's general election. The article includes a profile of the new candidate.

Oas, Caricom in joint Haiti observer mission, Starbroek News (2010)

This article reports on the Organization of American States and Caricom joint Electoral Observation Mission to Haiti. The joint mission has been set up in preparation for the November 28 legislative and presidential elections, and it will consists of more than 150 officials. This is the first time that OAS and Caricom joined to provide electoral observation assistance.