ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- Lukashenko: OSCE needs universal election assessment standards (law.by, 2010)
- he OSCE should develop universal standards for assessing elections, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in his speech at the OSCE summit in Astana on 2 December.
- CEC Informed about Amount of Money Collected by Presidential Candidates (Telegraf, 2010)
- Central Election Commission of Belarus promulgated data on the total amount of funds, received by presidential candidates for the election campaign in Belarus, as well as on the total amount, spent as of November 30.
- Early Voting Begins in Belarus (Telegraf.by, 2010)
- Early voting in the presidential elections of the republic of Belarus begins on Tuesday, December 14. Polling stations will be opened from 10:00 to 19:00. Early voting ends the day before the official election day to be held on 19th of December.
- All Election Campaign Dramas - Only in Internet, CEC (Telegraf, 2010)
- Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina said on December 17 that all the election campaign dramas took place only in the Internet.
- Observers Feel Almost Like Masters, Lukashenko (Telegraf, 2010)
- President Lukashenko sais international observers should be more "observing", and not mastering how the election process shall go.
- Belarus' strongman likely to win re-election (AP, 2010)
- How shall win Sunday elections in Belarus?
- Western observers call Belarus election a 'failure', VOA News (2010)
- This article reports on the first reports on the integrity of the elections in Belarus. The European Union will likely withdraw its offer of $4 billion in credits to President Lukashenko if he carried out a free and fair election. The election observer team of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) stated that the election was a "failure". The main controversy turnout around the secret counting of votes by government employees. 91% of the eligible voters cast their ballots, and Mr. Lukashenko received 79.7% of the votes (in 2006, he received 83%).
- U.S. State Department doesn't Recognize Elections in Belarus, Telegraf (2010)
- This article reports on the international reaction to the elections in Belarus. The United States State Department announced that Washington will not accept the results of the presidential poll. The US also asked the government in Belarus to release the detainees.
- Lukashenko wins by landslide in Belarus, The Voice of Russia (2010)
- This article reports on the results of the presidential election in Belarus. On December 19, incumbent President Alexander Lukahsenko received almost 80% of the votes cast. Among the other nine candidates, Andrei Sannikov received most of the votes, 2.4%. The Central Elections Commission stated that the official results will be made public in the next days.
- Hundreds jailed in crackdown over Belarus election dissent, The Irish Times (2010)
- This article reports on the protests that followed the announcement of results of the presidential elections in Belarus. The police and a security service (called KGB) dispersed the protesters that gathered in the streets on Sunday night, and jailed about 600 people. Some of arrested protesters could face up to 15 years in prison.
- 5 Belarus candidates in jail, The Moscow Times (2010)
- This article reports on the arrest of hundred of protesters who marched in the streets of Minsk on Sunday night, right after the results of the presidential elections were announced. Five of the nine opposition candidates were arrested during the protests. Many people were beaten by the security agents before being transported to unknown detention facilities.
- Belarus Electoral Management Body
- Here is a link to the official website of the Belarus Electoral Management Body
- Election Results - Belarus
- Upcoming and past elections
- IFES Election Guide - Belarus
- OSCE-ODIHR Interim Report No. 1 - Belarus, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)
- OSCE-ODIHR Interim Report No. 1 - Belarus, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)
- OSCE/ODIHR election mission (2006)
- OSCE/ODIHR Final report on the 19 March 2006 presidential election in Belarus
- Observation of parliamentary elections in Belarus, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)
- Following an invitation from the Belarusian authorities, and based on the findings and conclusions of an ODIHR needs assessment mission that visited Belarus from 9 to 12 June, ODIHR has deployed an election observation mission (EOM) to observe the parliamentary elections in Belarus, which are scheduled for 28 September 2008.
- OSCE Press Release:Parliamentary elections in Belarus (2008)
- According to the first OSCE press release recent parliamentary elections fell short of OSCE commitments in spite of minor improvements.
- Côte d'ivoire:Ouattara Encouraged By Latest Effort to Resolve Ivory Coast Crisis Voanews (2011)
- In order to ensure to stability of the sub region, ECOWAS is making a lot of efforts to solve the post electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. Mr. Olusegun Obassanjo was sent to there as a mediator to talk to both presidents.
- Nigerian State Vote is Test Case for April Presidential Elections Voanews (2011)
- Independent National Electoral Commission has lots of elections to organize this year; the most important one is the presidential elections that are going to be held in April. The state elections were a lithmus test wich will help the commission to organize fair and transparent presidential elections.
