ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Indonesia: Task force spots irregularities in forged election document, The JakartaPost (2011).

This article discusses the investigation of election document forgery scandal. The Presidential Judicial Corruption Task force stated indications of irregularities in the police investigation.

UN chief Ban Ki Moon urges Myanmar to fulfil reform pledges , The Straits Times (2011).

This article discusses report released by the United Nations office in Yangon dated 5 August. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon welcomed pledges of reform by Myanmar's government, but the detention of political prisoners undermines confidence in the regime.

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Belarusian civil society insisting on transparent vote count in parliamentary elections, Naviny.by (2012)

Yuliya Slutskaya, director of Solidarity with Belarus Information Office based in Warsaw, called for a need to implement additional safeguards in securing the transparency in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

OSCE PA to observe Belarus Parliamentary Elections, OSCE PA (2012)

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is planning to send observational mission to the upcoming Belarus Parliamentary elections on the 23rd of September.

BiH delays elections in the 'divided city', SETimes.com (2012)

The failure of the authorities in Mostar municipality to implement orders of Constitutional court, which ruled certain city council electoral procedures unconstitutional, may lead to the situation, where the city is left out of the polls.

Four Moldovan parties would make it to parliament, should elections take place next Sunday – poll, allmoldova (2012)

Moldova conducted an opinion poll which showed that 75 % of voters would show up in the polling stations and four political parties would be elected.

IntMin: Final electoral roll settled; 18,292,514 Romanians eligible to vote at referendum, actmedia (2012)

Over 18 million Romanians will be able to vote in the upcoming referendum on the impeachment of the President Basescu.

Opposition Urges Voters to Boycott Impeachment Ballot, The Voting news (2012)

Opposition party in Romania, Democratic Liberals, urges voters to stay away from polling stations in the upcoming referendum on the impeachment of the President Basescu.

New composition of Serbian Electoral Commission elected, Serbian Government (2012)

Serbian Parliament appointed members and deputy members to the Republic Electoral Commission.

Slovenia to hold presidential election on November 11, Reuters (2012)

Slovenia’ Parliament speaker announced the date of the upcoming Republic president elections, which is determined to be 11th of November.

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Indonesia: Factions Threaten to Walk Out of Parliamentary Threshold Discussions, The Jakarta Globe (2011).

This article discusses debates on the parliament over parliamentary threshold in which three parties ( the United Development Party (PPP), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the People's Conscience Party (Hanura)) threaten to walk out if the percentage is changed from the previously agreed 3% .

Thailand: EC takes baby social media steps, Bangkok Post (2011).

This article discusses Thailand Election Commission’s approach on social media for raising election awareness.

Jamaica:ECJ to get power to prescribe electoral boundaries, Jamaica Information Service (2011)

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) now has the powers to prescribe electoral division boundaries, and prohibit the publication of a new list of electors between nomination day and Election Day, following parliament's adoption of a proposal to amend the existing legislation.

Latvia forms a government, European Voice (2011)

Latvia's prime minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, today secured parliamentary support for his new three-party coalition, winning himself a third term as premier and a mandate to continue to cut spending.

Bulgaria's Top Cop Apologizes for Election Mess, Novintie

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, acting Interior Minister and head of the election headquarters of center-right ruling party GERB, has offered an official apology for the total chaos at the October 23 "2 in 1" elections and the vote counting.

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Egyptian presidential election TV debate – as it happened, The Guardian (2012)

This news is about Egypt's first-ever presidential election TV debate. The protagonists are front-running candidates Amr Moussa (former foreign minister and former head of the Arab League) and Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh (formerly of the Muslim Brotherhood) and two high-profile TV figures will be posing the questions: chat show host Mona el-Shazly and former al-Jazeera journalist Yosri Fouda. There are hopes that the debate will break new ground in Arab election coverage, with some challenging questions and serious discussion of the issues, rather than the old-style obsequiousness.