Lukashenka’s key rivals removed from elections
Viktar Babaryka and Valery Tsapkala. Photo: RFE/RL The Central Election Commission has declined to register Viktar Babaryka and Valery Tsapkala, making two of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s key rivals ineligible to run for President. Babaryka was denied registration over alleged flaws in his income and property declaration and the participation of a foreign organization in the presidential nominee’s campaign. Many […]
Analysis of latest draft law on changes to the Electoral Code
Source: www.ukrinform.net On July, 9, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the Organization of State Power, Regional Development, Local Self-Government, and Urban Planning completed the process of preparing the draft Law of Ukraine No 3485 for the second reading. The draft law introduces substantial changes to the Electoral Code, the Code on Administrative Offense, the […]
Belarus Election Alert #3
Image source: tellerreport.com Local governments have drastically reduced the list of legal campaigning locations for outdoor events in an apparent attempt to curb election-related activities. Authorized venues are either unsuitable for this purpose or are likely to be unpopular among voters, with some of them being inaccessible by public transport. According to HRDs, unlike the 2015 […]
Government slashes campaigning locations in attempt to ‘sterilize’ elections
Following an unprecedented crackdown on presidential nominees and members of their campaign teams, the authorities have opted to minimize the outreach of the upcoming campaigning phase of the presidential election set for August 9. Local governments have drastically reduced the list of legal campaigning locations for outdoor events in an apparent attempt to curb election-related […]
Petition to release convicts during the COVID-19 pandemic
Azerbaijani civil society actors, human rights defender and lawyers, and other citizens call on authorities to release prisoner due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The petition states that the poor quality of food and the overcrowded conditions of detention centers is especially problematic during the pandemic. Upholding the humanist values, safety and right to health of […]
2020 Parliamentary elections – first interim report of pre-election monitoring
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy has been monitoring pre-election period of the October 31, 2020 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia since June 1. The monitoring is implemented with support of the United States Agency for International Development and the EU. The first interim report of the pre-election monitoring mostly covers the period from […]
Launch of Politically Biased Election Observers Database
EPDE has set up a database that contains 374 names of notorious “fake election observers” from over 60 countries. With this database, EPDE wants to increase transparency over election observation missions and encourages journalists, researchers and political stakeholders to study and to take action against international and coordinated efforts to systematically destroy trust in free […]
Preliminary report on the first round of the presidential election
The Presidential Election scheduled for June 28, 2020, was conducted during the ongoing state of epidemic declared in Poland due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed by a new legal framework. The Act of June 2, 2020, provided all voters with an option of voting traditionally in the polling station or […]
European politicians to legitimize constitutional changes in Russia
Member of the Berlin Parliament Gunnar Lindemann (left) and Member of the German Bundestag Stefan Keuter (right) both from AfD Germany at the all-Russian voting. Source: Facebook account of Gunnar Lindemann, 25.06.2020 Kremlin-friendly foreign politicians, journalists, lobbyists, and activists have once again been invited to praise the disputed “all-Russian voting” on the constitutional amendments […]
CSOs concerned over plans to pilot internet voting during Local elections
Source: www.ukrinform.net On July 1, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and 37 Ukrainian civil society organizations released a joint statement raising concerns about plans to pilot internet voting during the local elections. The full statement is below. The signatories of this statement would like to express their serious concern regarding plans to pilot […]