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On January 16-28, 2009, the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center held Town Hall Meetings in Ganja, Beylagan, Sumqayit, Jalilabad and Mingechevir on the constitutional referendum to be held on March 18, 2009.
Having in mind that the Law on changes and amendments of the Constitutional law related to putting the Constitution into effect is adopted January 26 during session of the Parliament of Montenegro...
This Report was prepared by the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) on the basis of information submitted by election observers registered in the Central and District Election Commissions for monitoring the October 15, 2008 Presidential Election held in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Information received from “Turan” and “Trend” information agencies, “Azerbaijan”, “Xalq” and “Zerkalo” newspapers, “Elections” Information Center, and the Institute of Reporters’ Freedom...
Given that a parliamentary sitting whose agenda will include the shortening of the current mandate of the Parliament of Montenegro has been called, which will begin the process of calling for and conducting extraordinary Parliamentary elections, we would ask you to use the authority of the institutions that you lead to solve a very serious problem that exists due to the lack of harmonization of electoral legislation with the Constitution of Montenegro.
Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) observed the conduct of elections for councilors of the Local Parliament in Kotor, taking into account polling stations determined by the October 14th decision of the Municipal Election Commission...
Republican Network of Independent Monitors for the first time implemented long-term and short-term monitoring of indirect (via electors) October 4, 2008 elections of deputies to Senate of Parliament. Monitoring was held on elections day and also during whole period, preceding day of elections.
This statement is the third GOLOS Association statement on the results of monitoring of the elections of deputies of legislative bodies of Russian Federation subjects, heads of administrative centers of Russian Federation subjects, and deputies of representative bodies of municipal raions and other municipal entities, set for October 12, 2008.
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) actively started pre-election activities for the November 3, 2008 Adjara Autonomous Republic Supreme Council Elections and Parliament of Georgia By-Elections. ISFED present its first edition of an online bulletin "Election Update"...
Preliminary statement of the statistically based observation of a citizen group of observers on the Results of the Election Day Observation of the October 15, 2008 Presidential Elections of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Statement #2 of «GOLOS» Association based on the results of long-term monitoring of regional electoral campaigns (The campaigning stage).
October 8 president of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko dissolve the parliament and called early elections on December 7.
According to member of Central election commission Mikhail Ohendovsky, the CEC is ready for pre-term elections of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine...
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria, and for the first time in history neither of the country's two largest parties managed to attract more than 30 percent of voters. It was the far-right parties that benefited from the electorate's frustration.
From the moment of announcement of the elections to the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of 4th convocation Belarusian Helsinki Committee, in cooperation with the human rights defenders, began the monitoring of the election. The monitoring was conducted on the basis of long-term observation of the main stages of the election campaign...
Human rights defenders traced carrying out of a stage of pre-election campaign within the limits of long-term monitoring of elections.
Election Monitoring Center (EMC) has conducted the first stage (August 1-September 20, 2008) of Long Term Observation (LTO) in advance of the 15 October 2008 Presidential Election. LTO includes monitoring of the whole election process including the pre-election environment and the post-election process.
The main intrigue of the week is a question: will or won’t opposition candidates participate in elections? The integrated approach is not developed, though some of the candidates have withdrawn their candidacies. The BNF party compromised with candidates for promotion and gave them an opportunity to make decisions independently.
GOLOS Association: First statement on results of long-term monitoring (nomination, registration and beginning of propaganda campaign). The statement is the first of the series, which follow the election campaign developments. It covers the period from the announcement of elections to September 15. The association will make two more statements – one following the propaganda campaign and another – following voting results and finalization of results.
Taking into consideration the experience of the electoral campaigns in 2006 and 2007, when illegal preventive arrests of opposition activists were massive, Human Rights Center Viasna states its grave concern with the possible repeat of this scenario during the present electoral campaign.
Campaigning for Bosnia’s local elections has officially opened on Friday (September 5th) amid warnings of stern sanctions against those found guilty of radical and divisive rhetoric. The Bosnian Central Election Commission stressed that it has a wide range of sanctions at its disposal...
The main event this week was registration of candidates to the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. According to the Central electoral commission, 276 candidates out of 365 were registered. 76 of the registered ones represent the united democratic forces. Election observers had been given no opportunity to observe how the constituency commissions checked the signatures for registration of candidacies...
Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said on Friday (August 29th) that he wants another term in office after the November 30th elections.
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.
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.
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...
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...
International Society for Fair Election and Democracy (ISFED) Presents the Final Report on Monitoring the May 21, 2008 Parliamentary Elections.
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.
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