Lowest turnout in 10 years due to weekend quarantine order
Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted that elections took place in seven city communities. In five of these communities, typical violations of electoral law were recorded, which did not significantly impact results. These included mistakes in commissions’ work, several examples of obstruction to observers’ work, including that of CVU observers, and […]
INVITATION PRESS CONFERENCES: second round elections in Moldova and Ukraine
The second round of the presidential election in Moldova and run-off mayoral elections in Ukraine are taking place this Sunday, 15 November under the unique circumstance of a deepening COVID19 crisis. Association Promo-LEX (Moldova), Committee of Voters of Ukraine and Civil Network OPORA (Ukraine) will be conducting election day observations and share observation findings during several press conferences around […]
Second round of elections: main problems and risks
Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted during a press briefing that the second round of elections will take place on November 15 in 7 communities, and on November 22 in other communities. The second round will likely take place during the weekend quarantine, which may affect voter turnout. To reduce the […]
Worrying incidents ahead of run-off presidential election
Ahead of this Sunday’s run-off presidential election in Moldova, Promo-LEX observers underline the lack of explicit and exhaustive legal provisions in the Electoral Code to regulate the conduct of the second round of elections. The campaign was marked by a rise in hate speech, partially uttered by incumbent Dodon himself, and even calls for violence […]
Interim report before run-off elections: need to revise system for processing and publishing election data
Summary of interim report The process of establishing voting results and the results of the local elections of October 20, 2020, being predictably long-running and not entirely transparent, has provoked excessive suspicion and sometimes reasonable criticism of the election administration bodies on the part of various election participants and voters, too. As of November 12, […]
Moldova before the runoff elections: smear campaigning, disinformation, and accusations of voter fraud
Source: politico.eu The presidential election result in Moldova was greatly influenced by voters living outside of the Republic of Moldova, with diaspora voters abroad making up 11% of the overall votes cast in the first round. Two completely divergent election results emerged from this voter group, with voters in Transnistria overwhelmingly supporting Igor Dodon […]
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] […]
When and where are second rounds of local elections being held?
When will be the second round held in communities with 75,000 voters or more, if none of the candidates receives 50% + 1 vote? The date varies for each community. According to Article 281 (1) of the Election Code, the second round shall be scheduled for Sunday, within three weeks following the date when the […]
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 […]
