Review of 2020 parliamentary election PVT confirms numerous discrepancies at polling stations
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) conducted a review of its parallel vote tabulation (PVT) of the 2020 parliamentary election in Georgia, confirming its finding that at 8% of polling stations the number of ballots cast exceeded the number of voters who voted according to the summary protocols. ISFED’s review additionally found […]
Human Rights Situation in Belarus: January 2021
Summary: in January, the authorities continued to widely apply criminal prosecution for political reasons. There are currently 220 political prisoners in Belarus, as their number is expected to increase manifold. The total number of persons targeted in criminal cases during the election campaign and in the post-election period has exceeded 1,000, while the Human Rights […]
CONFERENCE INVITATION Moldova Presidential Election 2020 – conclusions and recommendations
The Promo-LEX Association is pleased to invite you to a conference “Conclusions and recommendations of the Promo-LEX Observation Mission to the 2020 Presidential Election of the Republic of Moldova”, during which this citizen election observation organization shall present the final report of its mission and discuss main findings and recommendations on the electoral process with […]
What are the minimal conditions under which a free and fair presidential election could be conducted in Belarus?
In the context of Belarus’ current political crisis, demands for minimal conditions needed for the holding of free and fair presidential elections in Belarus could be made by the Belarusian public and the opposition if snap elections were to be called. This paper proposes recommendations for all stages of the election cycle and concludes that a competitive election […]
Foreign agents’ law prohibits citizen observation of elections
EPDE STATEMENT: “Foreign agents” law and its impact on independent citizen election observation in the Russian Federation ahead of the September 2021 State Duma election. On the eve of the federal parliamentary election campaign, the Russian State Duma hastily passes a whole package of repressive laws aimed at restricting Russian citizens’ participation in political and […]
Foreign agents law expanded ahead of 2021 State Duma election
Interior of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, January 20, 2017. Source: hrw.org (Reuters) With each national election in Russia, the presidential administration develops a strategy for achieving the Kremlin’s electoral goals. One element of the strategy for the 2021 State Duma elections that became obvious early on, is to allow a large […]
Statement of Solidarity over the Arrest of Citizen Observers of the Uganda 2021 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
Campaign posters for declared winner Yoweri Museveni in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election. Source: dw.com EPDE joins the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM), a network of 251 citizen observer groups located in 89 countries, in condemning the arrest and detainment of 27 citizen observers on January 14, 2021. The arrests made at the […]
Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2020
SUMMARY the 2020 presidential election took place against the background of continuous repressions, including against direct participants in the presidential race: members of nomination groups and nominees, as well as bloggers, political activists, journalists and independent observers; the election themselves did not meet the standards of free and democratic elections, as they were marred by […]
EPDE Condemns Killing of Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed
Interior of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, January 20, 2017. Source: hrw.org (Reuters) EPDE joins the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) to condemn the murder of Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, the Executive Director of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), a fellow GNDEM member organization from Afghanistan. EPDE condemns the […]
Electoral code amended, concerns about further changes remain
Election poster in Budapest for Viktor Orban, 2018. Source: nytimes.com (Adam Berry/Getty Images). As 2020 is coming to a close, the agenda of the Hungarian parliament’s last sessions are dominated by concluding debates and voting on pending legislative initiatives, among them on the amendments to the electoral code submitted to the parliament by the […]
