ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- 204 candidates for Bahrain local, general polls, Khaleej Times (2010)
- The next municipal and parliamentary elections in Bahrain will have 204 candidates including 11 women who announced their participation.
- Poll monitors in Bahrain won't be part of political societies, Gulf News (2010)
- The parliamentary and municipal elections will be monitored by volunteers who are not members of any political society, the head of a rights watchdog said. They must be above 20 years old and will undergo a special training in July, months before the elections are held in autumn.
- Bahrain: Reforms focus of poll debate, Gulf Daily News (2010)
- Parliamentary elections later this year will offer little to Shi'ite opposition groups pressing for more democratic reforms, according to observers. The election for parliament's lower house, likely in October or November, will be the third since His Majesty King Hamad launched the reform process a decade ago.
- Cooking up falsehoods in Bahrain's 'electoral kitchen', The National (2010)
- An accusation by opposition groups in Bahrain has been raised that a secretive cabal of pro-government supporters is waging a media campaign to discredit them in the run-up to elections scheduled for later this year.
- Bahrain Shias not expecting major gains in poll, Khaleej Times (2010)
- The Shia Muslim Al-Wefaq bloc, the Bahraini main opposition group, will field candidates for up to 24 out of 40 voting districts in the next elections and does not expect to win a majority, according to an official.
- Bahrain govt warns against fraudulent CIO officials, Khaleej Times (2010)
- The government of Bahrain has warned its citizens against being tricked by fake Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) officials into giving them personal information. The warning was issued by the CIO after receiving information about individuals faking their identities as CIO officials ahead of the parliamentary and municipal elections.
- Bahrain calls parliamentary election for October, Arab News (2010)
- Bahrain will hold a parliamentary election on Oct. 23, its third since the Gulf country’s king launched a political reform process a decade ago, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA said.
- Bahraini rights watchdogs to monitor elections, Gulf News (2010)
- Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) and Bahrain Transparency Society (BTS) is approaching the authorities to be allowed to monitor the parliamentary and municipal elections to be held on October 23.
- Bahrain arrests more Shi'ite activists as poll nears, Reuters (2010)
- Four more Shi'ite activists were arrested by Bahraini authorities , raising the stakes in the run-up to parliamentary elections after earlier arrests were criticised by rights groups.
- Tensions rise in Bahrain amid Shiite arrests, Los Angeles Times (2010)
- Political tensions have risen in recent days in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, where Shiite Muslim clerics and a prominent activist have been arrested as the island kingdom gears up for parliamentary elections in October.
- Old ID cards not valid for votes in Bahrain, Khaleej Times (2010)
- Bahraini citizens holding old identity cards would not be able to cast their votes in the upcoming municipal and parliamentary elections slated for October 23.
- Opposition party votes against Bahrain election, The National (2010)
- One of Bahrain’s main opposition parties has announced that it will boycott the country’s parliamentary election and called for reform of the island kingdom’s political system.
- Bahraini woman tries to echo Kuwaiti females' experience to reaching parliament, Kuwait News agency (2010)
- Nine Bahraini women announced desire to run for parliamentary elections in the Arab Gulf Kingdom, slated for October 23, in a bid to win as many places as possible in the 40-seat house, and they try to echo Kuwaiti females' experience.
- Bahrain: Voter record verification complete, Gulf Daily News (2010)
- Bahrain's Elections Supervising Committee has completed the verification of voters' records ahead of next month's parliamentary and municipality elections.
- Bahrain: Vote wisely women urged, Gulf Daily News (2010)
- Women in Bahrain must not allow themselves to be pressured into voting for election candidates chosen by their families, an expert warned yesterday.
- Bahrain Shi'ite arrests seen as a pre-election move, Reuters (2010)
- This articles focuses on the fear of gains by the Shi'te Muslim majority in upcoming elections has moved Gulf Arab state Bahrain to arrest opposition figures who the Sunni government accuses of plotting a coup.
- Bahrain activists fear wider unrest, Aljazeera (2010)
- This article shows critics of recent terrorism arrests accuse government of trying to silence opposition ahead of October elections.
- Bahrain bars candidates’ pre-election sermons, Khaleej Times (2010)
- This article is on religious candidates in Bahrain’s October 23 general election who will be barred from preaching in the kingdom’s mosques ahead of the vote, the minister of justice and Islamic affairs announced.
- Turmoil overshadows Bahrain poll, The National (2010)
- This article is on the official campaigning for October’s parliamentary elections starting next week against a background of unusual political turmoil and with an important segment of Bahrain’s population determined to make significant electoral progress.
- Bahrain: Elections, step back for women in politics, ANSAmed (2010)
- This article shows that the Parliamentary elections in Bahrain will have a small female presence: just hours before the closing of the registration period less than 10 women submitted their names, a remarkable step back compared to the legislative elections held in 2006, when there were 23 female candidates.
