Widespread Intimidation, Vote-Buying, Misuse of Admin resources Ahead of Runoff
On November 21, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published a report of pre-election monitoring of the runoff of the 2018 presidential election. The document covers the period from October 29 to November 19. The election campaign before the runoff was far more polarized and negative than the campaign before first round […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #9
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 9 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” outlines the status quo of the electoral reform process less than a year before the parliamentary elections in October 2019. Less than a year before the […]
ISFED presented social media monitoring report
On October 26, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented interim report of social media monitoring in the context of the 2018 presidential election. ISFED is the first observer organization in Georgia to conduct methodic pre-election monitoring of social media for elections. The monitoring began on August 29. At this stage, in […]
ISFED Statements on Abuse of Administrative Resources
After publishing results of the first round of the October 28, 2018 presidential election, the government of Georgia and the local authorities started extensively making promises about different social and infrastructural projects. The Prime Minister of Georgia and other members of the government unveiled different projects that provide material benefits for specific social groups. Promises […]
ISFED Statement on Threats against Salome Zourabichvili
ISFED responds to the statement made by the presidential candidate of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili claiming that on November 9-10 and 11, she and her children received death threats through voice and text messages. According to the candidate, the threats are real because, as she stated, persons that made these threats have been identified as former […]
Politically biased election observation in Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics
Picture source: facebook.com/alexistarrade.AT Executive summary As the holding of “general elections” in the internationally non-recognised Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) ran counter to the Minsk agreements, the international community considered them as illegitimate and did not send any observers to monitor them. Aiming to fill the void of legitimacy, the […]
ISFED Post-Election Statement: The standard of adjudication of electoral disputes has worsened
ISFED released on 8 November a statement, summarizing the post-election observation of complaints and adjudication process by the election administration. While ISFED observers had an opportunity to attend adjudication of complaints and express their position in almost all DEC sessions, the key finding is that the standard of adjudication of electoral disputes has worsened. Moreover, […]
2018 Presidential Election: Facts of possible pressure and violence in ISFED’s 3rd Interim Report
On October 25, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented the third interim report of monitoring the 2018 presidential election of Georgia. The document covers the period of October 1 – 24, it also summarizes developments that began to unfold prior to October 1 but became known during the monitoring period. During […]
Evaluation of the Pre-Election Environment of the 2018 Presidential Election
On August 1, the President of Georgia set October 28 as the date of the regular presidential election. Official election campaign began on August 28, sixty days prior, and became more intensive and strained as Election Day approached. The election campaign was dominated by electoral subjects exchanging accusations and engaging in campaigning against one another. […]
2018 Presidential Election: ISFED’s election day final PVT statement
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) was monitoring the October 28, 2018 Presidential Elections in all electoral districts across Georgia. ISFED Observation Mission consists of 800 short-term-observers deployed at precincts, 73 observers deployed at district electoral commissions and 78 mobile groups. PVT and Incident Centers operated in the central office staffed with […]