Second round taking place amid a political crisis
Rally in Tbilisi calling for a snap election, 15.11.2020. Source: europost.eu International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) will monitor the second round of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia to be held on November 21 in 17 majoritarian districts through 35 mobile groups. In view of the non-competitive election environment and dramatic […]
Public outcry and excessive use of force amid flawed Parliamentary Elections
The District Election Commissions (DECs) have been accused of failing to adequately administer the vote count during the 2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections. The Parallel Vote Counting (PVT) conducted by domestic citizen election observers, such as International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), revealed discrepancies in the vote count in eight percent of polling stations.[1] […]
Public outcry and excessive use of force amid flawed Parliamentary Elections
In our latest policy alert, we analyse how District Election Commissions failed to adequately respond to the substantive violations detected in the summary protocols aggravating public distrust over the electoral process. This, and other recorded violations sparked a public outcry calling for the resignation of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission and snap elections. […]
International mediation needed to resolve post-election crisis in Georgia
EPDE member International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), along with other election watchdog organizations, call for international mediation before the political deadlock increases ahead of the second round of the parliamentary election in Georgia. District election commissions must investigate irregularities and conduct recounts in cases where serious inaccuracies were reported by citizen election […]
Complaints filed by ISFED seeking recount of election precinct results
Immediately after the parliamentary elections were finished, due to imbalance and overwritten data in summary protocols, ISFED applied to 44 DECs requesting revision of voting results at 162 PECs (recount of results). Majority of the complaints were rejected as baseless or left without consideration on the grounds that they were filed by unauthorized individuals. Among […]
NGOs call for recount of votes in polling stations with recorded discrepancies
Statement by Georgian NGOs: On October 31, 2020, the parliamentary elections were held in Georgia in accordance with the updated electoral system. The citizens of Georgia had the opportunity to elect a legislative body based on a model that is close to the proportional system, and this should be considered as an important step forward. […]
Results of parallel vote tabulation
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) monitored the October 31, 2020 Parliamentary Elections in all electoral districts around Georgia. ISFED Election Day Observation Mission consisted of around 1000 accredited and trained observers deployed to polling stations, 73 observers deployed at district electoral commissions and 78 mobile groups. ISFED also operated PVT and […]
Voting process and closing of polling stations
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is monitoring the October 31, 2020 Parliamentary Elections in all electoral districts around Georgia. ISFED Election Day Observation Mission consists of around 1000 accredited and trained observers deployed to polling stations, 73 observers deployed at district electoral commissions and 78 mobile groups. ISFED also operates PVT […]
Joint assessment of pre-election environment
BRIEF SUMMARY, FULL ASSESSMENT AVAILABLE BELOW In a joint statement, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Transparency International Georgia, and The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics reported on the pre-election environment and preparations for the Election Day of Georgia’s parliamentary elections this Saturday, 31 October. COVID19 and CEC response The Georgian organizations […]
Georgia to investigate physical attacks and intimidation of political party candidates, women, and journalists
Destroyed campaign material of Independent candidate Anna Dolidze. Source: Twitter of Anna Dolidze Georgia’s 2020 pre-election period has been marked with an extreme level of polarization compared to previous period. Polarization has been a constant feature in Georgian politics undermining usual political competition and electoral processes capitalizing on vilification and intimidation of political opponents.[1]The Council […]