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A new issue of Center of Democratic Transition’s Parliamentary Bulletin covers 4-months period – from April 1st to July 31, 2008.
Formation of precinct election commissions was the main topic this week. As a result, very few representatives of pro-democratic parties and NGOs will work in the commissions. Another week trend was growing amount of promotion of pro-governmental candidates in state mass media, who, in violation of the election law, seem to be not ashamed of giving election promises on this stage of the campaign.
Election Monitoring Center (EMC) will assist citizens so that they can be involved in ensuring free and fair Presidential Elections the 15th October 2008. EMC will carry out activities such as voter list verifications, formation of citizen groups that can carry out impartial and individual election observations...
International Society for Fair Election and Democracy (ISFED) Presents the Final Report on Monitoring the May 21, 2008 Parliamentary Elections.
Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) has published new electronic publication- "Guide through the State Institutions of Montenegro". This electronic publication contains the overview of powers, organization and functioning of two state institutions - the Government of Montenegro and the President of Montenegro.
The main events in Belarus in June are the official appointment of the parliamentary elections, the start of the electoral campaign and the adoption of the new law On mass media which considerably aggravates the situation of mass media in the country and is evidently repressive. On 24 June the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka signed order #344 On appointment of the elections to the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the fourth convocation..
The leader of the opposition Socialist Party, Valentina Leskaj, said that Prime Minister Sali Berisha lacks the power to set the date for parliamentary elections. Berisha announced on Friday they will take place in June 2009.
The government is drafting a new law on political parties that would slash the number of parties in the country. Public Administration and Local Self-Government Minister Milan Markovic said that with the law, about 20 parties would remain in Serbia...
Azerbaijan CEC announced that 6 candidates for president passed the first stage of registration, submitting all necessary documents before 2 August . They are: from the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) the incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, chairman of oppositional Umid party Igbal Agazade, unemployed Yashar Ahmadov...
The Irish government is considering calling a second Lisbon treaty referendum in autumn 2009, while July survey showed that 62 percent would reject Lisbon if the referendum was held today and that 71 percent don't want to vote on the subject again.
The American election campaign is the most expensive in history. Barack Omaba in June collected a record 52 million dollars, more than double the amount of his rival, Republican John McCain, who in the same period scraped together 22 million, his best result. Obama so far obtained a total of 330 million dollars and after the battle with Hillary Clinton he has still 72 million dollars left.
The Central Election Committee of Belarus has accounted for forming 110 district electoral commissions for election of deputies of the “chamber of representatives”. The number of oppositionists there is negligibly small. 1430 citizens have become members of the commissions, the CEC Secretary Nikalay Lazavik informs.
Repeated re-run of the Early parliamentary elections 2008 is assessed by the Citizens Association MOST as peaceful, but once again marred by irregularities in the process of voting and votes count.
On the bases of the reports from the observers, deployed at the 70 percent of the polling stations in R Macedonia, as well as from the regional coordinators, the Citizens Association MOST assesses the election day of the Early parliamentary elections 2008 as tensed, full with pressures and with restricted and heavily serious incidents.
Early elections are expected to be set for September after government collapse in Austria. Ruling centre-right People’s Party and Social Democratic party fell apart on Monday (July 7) when parties failed to agree on health care reform. The 1,5-year coalition had earlier had heated debates over taxes, education and EU policy.
We, a group of like-minded domestic election observers, believe that transparency, accountability and credibility are the most important cornerstones of democratic elections. They provide for establishing public confidence, including confidence of electoral competitors. Our work in terms of scrutiny of, and support to, electoral processes significantly contributes to the promotion of democracy and the protection of basic human rights.
This compendium aims to assist EU Election Observation Missions and other interested stakeholders in clearly identifying the international standards to use in assessing the conduct of elections. To facilitate such assessment, a practical guide has been included as an annex. It is the Commission’s expectation that EU Election Observation Missions will make use of this new tool to assess the conduct of elections in line with international standards and ensure coherence among EU Election Observatio
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures…
Adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections at its 17th meeting (Venice, 8-9 June 2006) and the Venice Commission at its 67th plenary session (Venice, 9-10 June 2006).
A practical and comprehensive set of guidelines and background material for governments, broadcasters, political parties, election monitoring and citizens' groups, and all those concerned with the vital issue of free and fair elections.
Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals
Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals.
Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors…
States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of political rights, in particular the right to participate in elections-to vote and to stand for election-on the basis of universal and equal suffrage, to take part in the Government as well as in the conduct of public affairs at any level and
Information about 19 international organizations dealing with election and human rights monitoring.
Information about 158 governmental organizations.
Information about 26 organizations conducting election observation campaigns in their home countries and abroad.
Information about 22 election related organizations in their home countries and abroad.
Information about 9 activists experienced in election observation campaigns in their home countries and abroad.
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