Preliminary report on local elections
Opora reports that according to preliminary results, local elections were highly competitive and generally complied with legislation. Violations were specific to certain communities and could have an impact on the results there but were not centrally planned. However, massive violations and incidents of non-compliance of election and campaign procedures, attempts to bribe voters, misuse of […]
Key conclusions from election day
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine reports that the most serious problem by the end of voting yesterday was voter bribery. Bribing of voters to change their address to vote in a specific constituency was also reported, as well as instances of bussing voters to constituencies. The second major problem of Election Day were instances […]
Main issues on voting day – voter bribery and attempts to falsify the vote
Polling station closed for cleaning. Image source: facebook.com/cvu.ngo During today’s briefing, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) presented a report on the results of monitoring on voting day. CVU experts noted that as of 6pm, the most serious problem detected was voter bribery. During the preparation stages of the election campaign, evidence of systems […]
Local elections were highly competitive, violations specific to communities but not centrally planned
Civil Network OPORA reports that according to preliminary results, local elections were highly competitive and generally complied with legislation. Ukrainian citizens had a wide and diverse choice among candidates (parties), which were provided with sufficient conditions and resources to conduct large-scale election campaigns. Violations were specific to certain communities and could have an impact on […]
Local elections in Ukraine – a challenging context and a test for Zelensky’s party
The upcoming local elections in Ukraine will take place in a very challenging context: newly introduced electoral legislation with little time for participants in the election to familiarize themselves with it, lacking clarity on COVID19 measures and funding for equipment may pose a threat to the election process, cancelled elections in constituencies in Donetsk and […]
On the eve of local elections: agitation violations, voter bribery, unequal application of anti-COVID measures in the regions
OPORA announced in its press conference on the eve of local elections that despite unequal distribution of anti-COVID provisions to polling stations and election commissions, there is still time for local authorities to fully comply with the standards set to counteract COVID19 during the elections. The last few days before the election was accompanied by […]
Basic problems before the voting day – results from long-term monitoring
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) presented results of its long-term monitoring two days before the local elections. Main issues identified were use of shadow funds; black PR and violence against candidates; electoral tourism; lack of state funding for personal protective equipment of precinct election commission members. CVU also recommended that voters decide before […]
Basic problems before the voting day – results from long-term monitoring
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) presented results of its long-term monitoring during a press conference two days before the local elections. CVU Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted that the number of candidates is almost the same as the number of candidates in 2015, but there are many more parties. This is due to the […]
On the eve of local elections: agitation violations, voter bribery, unequal application of anti-COVID measures in the regions
On the eve of local elections: violation of campaigning rules, voter bribery, unequal application of anti-epidemic measures in the regions Local authorities still have time to implement standardized protection against COVID-19 in elections, regardless of current differences in means supply at election commissions and polling stations in communities. Unfortunately, within the public activities of parties […]
Election alert #1 – Local elections in Ukraine – a challenging context and a test for Zelensky’s party
Photo: unian.info (REUTERS) The upcoming local elections in Ukraine will take place in a very challenging context. First, the electoral legislation, which was adopted too close to the voting day – on July 16 (Venice Commission recommends „no legal changes in the year prior to elections“), introduces a lot of innovations and changes, to […]