European electoral management bodies and experts call for support to Ukraine over voting rights for war-displaced voters in post-war elections
The European Union, Member States and election bodies need to explore the possibilities to provide support for Ukraine to ensure millions of displaced voters from the Russian aggression can vote in postwar, according to a dialogue of European lawmakers, election management bodies and experts. This was the major recommendation of a Parliamentary Electoral Dialogue hosted by the […]
The majority of Ukrainian immigrants in Poland would like to participate in the next elections – OPORA
Ukrainian EPDE member OPORA conducted a survey among Ukrainian immigrants in Poland. Most participants of in-depth interviews emphasized that after moving to Poland, their positive attitude to Ukraine has not changed or even has grown. Participants were asked to rate their level of commitment on a 10-point scale. The indicator of commitment to Ukraine is […]
Pseudo-referendums in the invaded territories of Ukraine: what Russia plans to do and how to disable them
Russia is preparing to hold pseudo-referendums on Ukrainian territories. The results of these false referendums will create “legal grounds” for Russia to annex Ukrainian territories and demand that the world recognize the annexation or, at last, accept it, also possibly by resorting to nuclear blackmail. The results of the “vote” will be null and void […]
Open Election Data & Disinformation Academy
The Civil Network OPORA, with support from the National Democratic Institute, is pleased to announce a call for participation in a four-day training program within the ‘Open Election Data & Disinformation’ Academy! The Academy will take place in Warsaw from August 1-4. Deadline: July 6, 2022 The program is tailored for citizen election observation leaders […]
Pseudo-referenda or incorporation into occupied Crimea
The Russian invaders have not been consistent so far in their approach to governing the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv Oblasts. In some places, L/DPR militants ‘appoint’ unknown persons to nonexistent offices, in others, there are talks of holding a pseudo-referendum, and PR campaigns are run elsewhere to […]
War against Ukraine – Statements by EPDE Members
Democracy defenders across Europe have been shocked by Russia’s attack on democratic and independent Ukraine. Within the EPDE, members have issued statements of solidarity and support for our Ukrainian colleagues. We have collected some of these here. We, the undersigned civil society organizations from Georgia and Ukraine, believe that Russia’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine […]
Conditions to be met to hold a national referendum on security issues
In Ukraine, a national referendum on the issues of a security treaty can be called only by a popular initiative. For the referendum to be in accordance with the national legislation and democratic standards, Russian troops should withdraw from Ukraine, necessary infrastructure should be restored, and Ukrainian internal migrants and refugees should be given the […]
Call on parliament to maintain achievements of electoral reform in Ukraine
Civil Network OPORA urges the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and its ruling coalition not to support the latest initiative from a group of Ukrainian MPs to abandon the proportional electoral system with open lists and other achievements of electoral reform gained in recent years. If supported by the parliament, the election process will be […]
Over 11% of Ukrainian voters have faced attempted voter bribery
More than 11% of Ukrainians polled faced attempted voter bribery cases in the election. At the same time, 64.5% of respondents said they were not ready to sell their vote under any circumstances. Those who are willing to accept this crime will often quote specific amounts of “vote price” – mostly up to UAH […]
Security monitoring launched in Donetsk and Luhansk communities where local elections were cancelled
Security observers of the Civil Network OPORA are starting their activities in the government-controlled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. They will monitor the situation in the 18 communities left without self-government in order to objectively and impartially assess the preconditions for organizing the elections. In the local elections of October 25, 2020, local elections […]
