ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Bolivia:Morales Headed for Re-election in Bolivia, NYT (2009)

President Evo Morales and legislative candidates from his political movement seemed headed to easy victories in nationwide elections on Sunday, opening the way for Mr. Morales to deepen his pro-indigenous policies in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.

Bolivia:Morales celebrates second term as president, RFI (2009)

Bolivian President Evo Morales has claimed victory in the general election and suggested that he would consider running for the third five-year term.

Uganda: Police Force must go slow on opposition, Monitor (2009)

We have seen it before—and it was replayed in Hoima over the weekend. Opposition politicians congregate to address supporters, heavily-armed Police swing in, declare the meeting illegal and spray teargas. In the attendant melee some people are injured, others break bones—but one thing is clear; our democracy has suffered.

Kenya: NCCK wants two drafts at referendum, Daily Nation (2009)

One of the drafts, they propose, should present a ‘pure presidential’ while the other a ‘pure parliamentary’ system of governance. Kenyans should then be given the chance to choose between the two, without the risk of falling back to the current constitution, the said. Officials from the National Council of Churches of Kenya said proposals, by the Committee of Experts, to have a hybrid system of governance was ill advised.

Kenya: Devolution key in referendum vote, report indicates, The Standard (2009)

Devolution of power may decide which way Kenyans vote in the referendum on the Draft Constitution. Survey findings, conducted by Transparency International (TI)-Kenya show they will be less influenced by the contentious issue on the Executive.

Malaysia: Motion For Private Sector To Assist In Registering New Voters Passed, Bernama (2009).

This article notes the approved motion for private companies to be able to register their employees as new voters.

Philippines: Voters trust teachers will guide them on hi-tech voting, Abs-cbn News (2009).

This article discusses the survey in favor for public school teachers as election inspectors, who supervise election at the precinct level.

Myanmar: Young Voters Hold Mixed Views of Next Year's Election, The Irrawaddy (2009).

This article discusses the result of the poll conducted by The Irrawaddy regarding the young voters in casting the ballot for the 2010 general election.

Northern Mariana Islands: Benigno Fitial wins CNMI election run-off, Radio Australia News (2009)

Despite alleged unpopularity in the community, the incumbent governor of Northern Mariana Islands, Benigno Fitial won the run-off gubernatorial election and was certified as a winner by the Commonwealth Election Commission. He will serve a five year term until 2014.

Final results – Basescu wins presidential elections with 50.33% of Romanians' votes, BEC says (Realitatea, 2009)

After counting the votes from all the voting sections, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) announced Traian Basescu received 50.33 percent of Romanians' votes and Mircea Geoana 49.66 percent, so the difference between the two candidates is of 0.67 percent.

OSCE says Romanian election generally fair, alleged irregularities need investigation (Focus News Agency, 2009)

Romania’s presidential election generally observed international standards but information on alleged irregularities need to be investigated, OSCE mission chief Vadim Zhdanovich said Monday.

Romanian Opposition Contests Basescu’s Election Win (Update2) (Bloomberg, 2009)

Party Chairman Mircea Geoana said today he asked the Constitutional Court to annul the run-off vote that gave Basescu 50.3 percent to Geoana’s 49.7 percent. Social Democrats, who claim fraud, met this morning in Bucharest to outline a strategy for contesting the outcome.

Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis, ed. Astrid Evrensel, EISA 2010

The EU: Go-ahead given to the European citizens' initiative, Council of Europe (2011)

The Council of the European Union adopted yesterday a regulation that will make it possible for EU citizens to call for legislative proposals on a specific issue. The European Citizens' Initiative requires support from one quarter of EU member states. The number of required signatures from each of these countries is the number of Members of the European Parliament elected in each member state multiplied by 750. The proposed initiative must fall under EU competence and the organisers have 12 months to collect the signatures (in paper form or electronically). The regulation on Citizens' Initiative will be applicable in February 2012 giving member states and the Commission time to take the necessary measures.

Uganda: EC And Civil Society in Fresh Row Over Ghost Voters, AllAfrica (2011)

This article talks of the Democratic Monitoring Groups findings on the nationals voter register on the EC official figure of 13.9 million registered voters as exaggerated and hence the allegation of Ghost Voters. The article also talks of calls by the Commonwealth Observation mission demand for a fresh scrutiny of the voters register.

Uganda:Electoral body dispatches voting materials to districts, Daily Monitor (2011)

The articles talks of the preparations the EC has made to be able to give his team enough time to prepare to conduct the General election on 18th February 2011. The opposition have come out to raise red flags on the early dispatch with fears that the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) will tamper with the packages in favour of the incumbent president and parliamentarians.

Hungary: 2013th Act LXXXVII on the election of Members of Parliament Act campaign costs

Act on the Campaign Costs for the election of Members of Parliament

Hungary: 2011 Law CCIII on Election of Members of Parliament

Law CCIII on the Election of Members of Parliament

Hungary: Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (last modified by Act CCVII of 2013)

Hungarian 2013 Act XXXVI on Electoral Procedure. In Hungarian.

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