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Togo’s Opposition Leader Protests Election He Says Was Rigged, The New York Times (2010)

Top Togolese opposition candidate was pelted with tear gas for the second time in two days as he protested what he said was an election rigged to favor the son of the country’s longtime dictator.

Zeman's party starts campaign ahead Czech elections (Prague Daily Monitor, 2010)

Prague, March 7 (CTK) - The new Czech Party of Citizens' Rights of Milos Zeman (SPOZ) has Sunday launched its election campaign and presented its election bus called Zemak.

Extremist party wants international observers at Czech elections (Prague Daily Monitor, 2010)

The far-right Workers' Party of Social Justice (DSSS) wants international observers to monitors the Czech general elections due in May, its election leader Tomas Vandas said after a DSSS regional meeting Saturday.

Czech Greens focus on corruption, pollution in election campaign (ČeskéNoviny.cz , 2010)

The Czech Green Party (SZ) will focus on fight against corruption, lowering of pollution, promotion of green economy, and higher investment in education, science and culture in its election campaign, Greens head Ondrej Liska said after the party´s national council meeting today.

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Opposition warns of possible rigging in Comoros vote, Reuters (2009)

Eight out of ten opposition and independent candidates from Moroni South sent a letter to the electoral commission and the constitutional court complaining of electoral sabotage. The commission denied any fraud however, and the first round of voting monitored by troops and observers from African Union and the Arab League went on peacefully.

Romania:Presidential poll comes to an end (Emportal, 2009)

The last polling station in the United States closed at 7.00am in Romanian time.

Money to play key role in US election campaign, VOA News (2010)

This article reports on the election campaign for the midterm elections in the United States. The author discusses the role of individual candidates' spending: most candidates spent tens of millions of dollars for this campaign, focusing on television ads. According to the author in many states, like Nevada, the campaign turned into a war of TV words.

Observation of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, OSCE/ODIHR (2010)

The official website of ISCE/ODIHR provides information about the international election observation mission in Azerbaijan, which will observe and assess the November 7 parliamentary elections.

Georgia: final opinion of the Venice commission on the constitutional reform, CoE (2010)

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe adopted at its 84th Plenary Session its Final opinion on the draft constitutional law on amendments and changes to the constitution of Georgia. The final opinion was in line with the second preliminary recommendations of the Commission.

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Argentina: Debate oficialista por el voto joven, La Nación (2012)

El jefe del bloque oficialista del Senado, Miguel Pichetto (Río Negro), aseguró ayer que el proyecto de ley que habilitará a los jóvenes de 16 y 17 años a votar en las elecciones nacionales obtendría dictamen de comisión recién a mediados del mes próximo.

Venezuela: El CNE da resultados, no proyecciones, El Nacional (2012)

La rectora Socorro Hernández asegura que el ente comicial está preparado para resolver cualquier contingencia que se presente, y que los procesos sancionatorios por violaciones a las normas electorales son lentos

Venezuela: Experto de Unasur destaca confiabilidad del sistema electoral venezolano, Terra  (2012)

El ministro de la Corte Electoral de Uruguay, Pablo Klappenbach, designado "acompañante electoral" por la Unasur de cara a los comicios del próximo 7 de octubre en Venezuela, destacó hoy la "confiabilidad" del sistema informático que será utilizado.

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Egypt: Islamists reserve 65 seats of 100-member Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online (2012)

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting Egypt's post-January 25 Revolution constitution will be held Wednesday to prepare the main guidelines of its business in the coming weeks. Initial figures show that the assembly includes 36 Islamist parliamentarians (25 from the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party —FJP — and 11 from the Salafist El-Nour Party) out of a total 50 MPs.

Thousands of complaints filed over Afghan elections, The Los Angeles Times (2010)

This article reports on the thousands of complaints received by the Electoral Complaints Commission. More than 4,000 complaints have been filed to contest the results of the parliamentary elections, and most of these could change the final results. As a results of these controversies, the Independent Election Commission decided to postpone the announcement of the preliminary results.

Nauru prepares for elections tomorrow, Radio Australia (2010)

The people of Nauru will vote tomorrow 24 April. The election was called last month, and since then the members of the old government have been campaigning for re-election, claiming their record of achievement over the past six years. This is an interview with the candidates.