ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Romanian annulled votes recount to end on Monday (Reuters, 2009)

A recount ordered by the Romanian Constitutional Court of about 138,000 annulled votes cast in a Dec. 6 presidential ballot, is expected to be completed by Monday at 1300 GMT, the Central Election Bureau said on Friday.

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DISPENSA PROCEDE SOLO POR CAUSAS DEBIDAMENTE JUSTIFICADAS

25/11/2013 5:25 pm. Precisa el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones DISPENSA PROCEDE SOLO POR CAUSAS DEBIDAMENTE JUSTIFICADAS Sucede lo mismo en caso de miembros de mesa que no cumplieron su labor Las solicitudes se pueden presentar desde el día siguiente de las Nuevas Elecciones Municipales La dispensa por no acudir a votar y la justificación por no cumplir el encargo de miembro de mesa de sufragio en el proceso de Nuevas Elecciones Municipales de Lima solo proceden por motivos debidamente justificados y probados, precisó el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE). Las causas por las que se puede exonerar de la multa por el incumplimiento del deber cívico de votar son: enfermedad, fallecimiento de familiar directo, incapacidad mental, robo o pérdida de DNI, falla en el padrón electoral, desastres naturales y otros casos de fuerza mayor. Respecto de los miembros de mesa que no cumplieron con su labor, el Reglamento de justificación, dispensa y multa electoral del JNE señala que las justificaciones proceden por casos de enfermedad, incapacidad física o mental, lactancia y por motivos de fuerza mayor. Dichos trámites se pueden realizar, en forma personal o a través de un tercero (mediante carta poder simple), los días sucesivos a los comicios ante la Unidad Orgánica de Servicios al Ciudadano del JNE. Las solicitudes procederán necesariamente con la presentación de los documentos probatorios sobre el hecho que impidió acudir a votar o, de ser el caso, causó la inasistencia del miembro de mesa. Además, debe portarse el DNI vigente y pagar la tasa de S/ 20.00 nuevos soles en el Banco de la Nación (tributo 01465), de acuerdo a lo establecido en el Texto Único de Procedimientos Administrativos (TUPA) del JNE. Las gestiones también pueden realizarse en las Unidades Regionales de Enlace del JNE (en caso de provincias), en los Jurados Electorales Especiales y en las oficinas consulares (de encontrarse en el extranjero).

Tonga government closes down radio station amid post-election debates, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

This article reports on the government's decision to shout down a radio station in Tonga, FM 88.1. Apparently, the radio was accused of being partisan in their programming, airing only programmes of candidates in the pro-democracy movement in the Friendly Islands Democratic Party.

PNG reserved seats delay galvanises grassroots communities, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

This article discusses the decision of the parliament of Papua New Guinea not to consider a bill reserving 22 seats for women before adjourning until May. The National Council of Women and other women’s organizations across the country led the advocacy campaign for this bill, and they are determined to see women in the parliament. Currently, there is only one woman MP in the country.

Tautua Samoa party accepts leadership challenge before 2011 election, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

This article reports on the challenges of the Tautua Samoa party members to choose their leader before the March 2011 general elections. The election of a Tautua Samoa party leader is expected this week, but the party will probably decide to nominate its leader only from the winning candidates of next year’s election.

Tense Haiti awaits results of turbulent elections, Reuters (2010)

This article reports on the vote counting operations in Haiti. The country is waiting for the preliminary results to be published by the Provisional Electoral Council on Tuesday (December 7). More than a week after the elections, the preliminary official results are expected with anxiety: for a first-round win, a presidential candidate would need to gain more than 50% of the votes, but apparently no one was able to do that. The two candidates who received the majority of the votes will compete in a runoff, scheduled for January 7.

Mexico: Mexico's PRI Leads in Universal Poll Ahead of 2012 Presidential Election, Bloomberg (2010)

Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, is favored to win the 2012 presidential elections, according to a poll by newspaper El Universal and Berumen y Asociados.

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Slovakia: Referendum Law (1992-1995)

1992 Referendum Law with amendments through 1995. In English, courtesy of IFES Slovakia

Women and Elections

 

Lesotho: LPC to unveil manifesto, Public Eye Daily (2012)

As one of the twelve parties that will contest this year's general elections, the Lesotho People’s Congress is set to unveil its election manifesto at a rally set for February 5 in Berea.

South Africa: Ramphele: This is an astonishing moment for SA, News24 (2014)

In this article, the Democratic Alliance (DA) names Agang SA leader, Mamphela Ramphele as their presidential candidate in the 2014 general election.

South Africa: ANC list conference starts Monday, SABCNews (2014)

In this article, the African National Congress (ANC) begin their list conference Pretoria. It is in this conference that the party will decide who will represent the it in the national and provincial assemblies after the general elections in 2014.

South Africa: Elections need independent monitors- Agang SA, SABCNews (2014)

In this article, Mamphela Ramphele of Agang SA calls for urgent need of independent monitors during the elections. This comes after claims that some voters in the Tlokwe by-elections in the North West province.

Botswana 'breaks ranks with SADC, AU', News24 (2014)

In this article, Botswana President, Ian Khama says his country will not participate in future SADC election observer. This comes after what he calls 'failure' by African Union and SADC to point out the irregularities in last year’s Zimbabwe harmonised polls.

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tsvangirai urged to resign, News24 (2014)

In this article, deputy treasurer general, Elton Mangoma of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has wrote a letter to the party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai urging him to step down.

Libya protests: Gaddafi's son warns of civil war, BBC (2011)

This news article is about the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, who warned that civil war could hit the country. His comments came in a lengthy TV address as anti-government protests spread to the capital Tripoli, and were brutally countered by security forces. Saif Gaddafi offered political reforms, and admitted that the police and army had made "mistakes", but said the death toll was lower than reported. Human Rights Watch says at least 233 people have died since last Thursday 18 Feb.

Bahrain protest continues, Aljazeera (2011)

This news article talks about hundreds of demonstrators are gathered at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain's capital, as their protest against the government and ruling royal family entered its ninth day.