No opposition nominees selected for PEC seats
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” within their joint campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections“ released an analytical report on the formation of precinct election commissions for the National Referendum scheduled for February 27, 2022. None of the nominated opposition representatives (42 persons) secured a seat on the commissions. SUMMARY […]
Expert Seminar: Transparency in Campaign Finance in Poland (in Polish)
The issue of financing political parties and election campaigns is often and vividly discussed in public debate. The observation of current phenomena in regard to election campaign finance is of fundamental importance for the discourse, development of new solutions, and their effective implementation. Are you interested in issues related to political financing? Do you want […]
Formation of TECs ahead of constitutional referendum
The domestic election observation mission by “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” released its first report on the formation process of territorial election commissions (TECs) ahead of the constitutional referendum in Belarus. SUMMARY territorial election commissions (hereinafter – TECs) are one of the key mechanisms for holding a referendum in accordance with international principles of […]
Monitoring of political party subsidies
Romanian election watchdog You can find more information about subsidies at www.banipartide.ro/subventii See all the info-graphics at This campaign is part of the project “European Voters – together for electoral integrity” All materials were prepared as part of the project “European voters – together for electoral integrity” and […]
First report on the eve of referendum
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” within their joint campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” released the first observation report on the National Referendum scheduled for February 27, 2022 SUMMARY: the referendum is taking place against the backdrop of a profound socio-political crisis that began immediately after the 2020 presidential […]
Event – Transparency of campaign financing in Poland
EPDE member the Political Accountability Foundation would like to invite you to the fourth of the series of seminars “Election Issues in Theoretical and Practical Approach” which will be devoted to transparency of electoral campaign financing in Poland!The seminar will be held on February 4th (Friday) from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on the […]
No credentials for the Russian Delegation to PACE after flawed Duma elections 2021
SUMMARY Independent election experts have described the 2021 Duma elections as the dirtiest elections in Russia’s history. The lack of public control, the deprivation of ca. 9 Mio Russian citizens of the right to stand for election and the massive manipulation through application of uncontrolled e-voting have turned the Duma elections into a farce. 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 […]
Hungary: ODIHR needs assessment mission briefing
Summary Hungary faces a once-in-a-generation election in spring 2022, with a unified opposition for the first time presenting a genuine challenge to the ruling Fidesz-KDNP and Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This document sets out why a systematic and comprehensive observation of election day proceedings through a full-scale ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) is necessary to […]
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 […]