Voter Registration

United Kingdom: Electoral Registration Fact Sheet (2005)

This factsheet examines the current registration process including recent changes and the prospects for further changes.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Registration Timelines

Data on registration timelines

Guyana: List of Items and Supplies for Divisional Registers (1994)

List of Items and Supplies for Divisional Registers. Proposal for electoral reform in Guyana.

Ethiopia: Election Timetable

Election Timetable in Ethiopia

Zimbabwe:Techniques of Effective Election Management (1994)

Techniques of Effective Election Management published by the African Election Administration Colloquium in 1994

Ethiopia: Election Calendar

Election Calendar in Ethiopia

South Africa: Voter Registration Form (1998)

Voter Registration Form

Ethiopia: Voter ID Card

Sample for Voter ID Card in Ethiopia

Guyana: Voter Registration Form

Sample of Voter Registration Form used in Guyana

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Voter Registration Form

Voter Registration Form in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Albania: Voter Registration Form

Sample of Voter Registration Form in Albania

Venezuela: Cédula de identidad

Ejemplo de un modelo de cédula de identidad

USA: Voter ID Card Tennessee

Sample of Voter ID Card used in USA, Tennessee

Uganda: Voter ID Card

Sample of Voter ID Card used in Uganda

South Africa - Local Government Elections (1995)

Regulations for voter registration in local government elections in South Africa

Hungary: Acts on Local Government Election Registration (1994)

Acts on Local Government Election Registration (1994) , published by National Election Office Budapest

Canada: Enumeration Supervisor's Manual

Enumeration Supervisor's Manual published by Elections Canada, in french

Canada: Enumarators Manual

Enumarators Manual published by Elections Canada, in french

Ghana: Voter Registration Official's Manual (1995)

This manual has been disgned by the Public Education and Training Department of the Electoral Commission of Ghana in 1995. Its purpose is to serve as a reference to registration officers, registration assistance, and other observing or interested in voter registration processes.

South Africa: Election Administration Manual (1995)

Election Administration Manual

Dominican Republic: Work and Procedural Plan for the Identification and Electoral Cards Project (1993)

Plan para proveer a los dominicanos de una nueva cédula de identidad para votar, por medio de procedimientos uniformes en todos los centros de registro.

Canada: Voter Registration Form

Sample of Voter Registration Form in Canada

Mozambique: Election Budget

Data showing the Election Budget in Mozambique

Ghana: Voter Registration ID Card Programme Budget

Tables showing the budget of the Electoral Commission in Ghana for the Voter Registration ID Card Programme

Ghana: Voters Register Exhibition Budget

Tables showing the voter registration exhibition budget in Ghana published by the Electoral Commission in Ghana

Ghana: Election Period Budget

Tables by the Electoral Commission in Ghana showing the budget for the election period

Senegal: Election Budget (1993)

Data showing the election budget

Guyana: Election Budget (1994)

Data showing the election budget in Guyana

Togo: Election Budget

Data showing the election budget in Togo

Australia: Manual for Electoral Roll Review (AEC)

This file features a Manual produced by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) covering the recruitment and training requirments for the staff undertaking the review of the Electoral Roll.

Australia: Electoral Roll Review Manual (1997)

Electoral Roll Review Manual published by the Australian Electoral Commission, about Recruitment and Training, issued 11/97

Australia: Electoral Roll Review Manual-Divisional Activities (1997)

Electoral Roll Review Manual about Divisional Activities published by the Australian Electoral Commission

Australia: Electoral Roll Review Officer's Manual (1997)

Australian Electoral Commission - Electoral Roll Review Officer's manual issued in 1997

South Africa: Trainer's Manual for Voter Registration Workshop

Slides showing Trainer's Manual for Voter Registration Workshop in South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter in the article "Voting for Democracy" published by the Commonwealth Secretariat

Australia: Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Barbados: Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Belize:Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Canada: Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Gambia: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Guidelines for Voter Registration in Gambia, published in "Voting for Democracy" by the Commonwealth Secretariat

Ghana: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter in "Voting for Democracy" published by the Commonwealth Secretariat about how to get the voter registration in Ghana

Guyana: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter in "Voting for Democracy" published by the Commonwealth Secretariat about voter registration in Guyana

Malaysia: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter about voter registration in Malaysia published by the Commonwealth Secretariat

Malawi: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter in "voting for Democracy" published by the Commonwealth Secretariat about voter registration in Malawi

St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter about voter registration published by the Commonwealth Secretariat

Tanzania: Getting the Register Right (1998)

Chapter about Voter Registration in Tanzania published in "Voting for Democracy" by the Commonwealth Secretariat

Trinidad and Tobagao: Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Uganda: Getting the Register Right (1998)

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina: OSCE Election Assessment Team (1996)

Final report about OSCE Election Assessment Team to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chapter 11 about Voter Registration

Canada: The Register of Electors Project: A Report on Research and Feasibility (1996)

Report by the Register of Electors Project in 1996

Mexico: The Electoral Register

Paper about the mexican electoral register by Juan Manuel Herrero Álvarez.

Sweden: The Population Register (1998)

 

Uganda: A Permanent Register of Voters (1994)

A UNDP Mission report about the voter registration system in Uganda

A Guide Transparency in Election Administration

This Guide has been developed to provide information on implementing transparency principles in the electoral process. It is intended to serve as a basis for the development of these principles to contribute to the desired goals of free and fair elections. Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials; International Foundation for Election Systems; Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

United States: Statewide Databases of Registered Voters (2006)

This study, commissioned by the U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, focuses on five areas that election officials should address when creating statewide voter registration databases: accuracy, privacy, usability, security, and reliability. Each chapter contains detailed discussions and recommendations.

Australia: Electoral Roll Review

Information about Electoral Roll Review published on the Australian Electoral Commission infocenter's Website.

Yemen: Prospects for a Reformed Voter registration System (2001)

This report presents the findings of a technical diagnosis mission conducted by the “International Foundation for Elections Systems” (IFES) of the voter registration system of Yemen.

Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World

Publication by Jennifer Rosenberg and Margaret Chen (Brennan Center for Justice) on Voter Registration practices in a number of countries.

OSCE Guidelines on Population Registration

The guidelines were developed on the recognition that population registration is common to most, but not all, OSCE participating States and that in those States using this model, it provides the legal and administrative framework for compliance with fundamental OSCE commitments and international standards in three distinct areas: the rule of law, the right of universal and equal suffrage and freedom of movement, especially free choice of place of residence. In particular, the guidelines emphasise the potential for synergies and effective linkages between voter registers and population registration systems in order to guarantee universal and equal suffrage. The guidelines are addressed primarily to policy-makers and serve to elucidate the main principles governing the establishment and maintenance of functional systems of population registration in democratic societies. They outline the characteristics of systems which are compliant with the above-mentioned international commitments and data protection standards, highlighting good practices in the OSCE region while taking account of the various administrative traditions of 56 OSCE participating States. The ODIHR will use the guidelines to assist states in building sustainable, accurate and transparent voter registration systems through the modernisation of population registration system in line with international standards and OSCE commitments on freedom of movement.