By-elections of self-government in Zugdidi: Introduction of electronic technologies
Picture: ISFED (twitter) On May 13, EPDE’s Georgian member the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) was monitoring the municipality Sakrebulo by-elections in Tsaishi local majoritarian electoral district of Zugdidi Electoral District no.67, through 3 precinct and 1 district electoral commission observers and 1 mobile group. The main novelty introduced in the […]
German scientist community supports EPDE
In an open letter to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, dozens of German scientists and representatives of think tanks such as the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) and the German Association […]
Media coverage of EPDE’s listing as “undesirable” in Russia
On 13 March 2018, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), a civil society network of independent election observation organizations, and its Lithuanian member International Elections Study Center (IESC) were classified as “undesirable organizations” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, without explaining any reasons. EPDE protested against this decision and was supported […]
Second Promo-LEX report on monitoring the new local elections of 20 May
On May 3, 2018, the Promo-LEX Observation Mission (OM) launched its second monitoring report on the new local elections to be held on May 20, 2018. In the report, the OM reveals several issues, related to the activities of electoral bodies, financing of electoral campaigns, as well as to the use of administrative resources by […]
ISFED’s Final Statement on April 28 By-Elections
International Society of Fair Elections and Democracy carried out observation of the April 28 Parliamentary By-Elections in Khoni-Vani #54 Majoritarian District through 25 short-term observers (STOs), 2 District Election Commission (DEC) observers and 2 mobile teams. The central office ran data analysis and incident centers. Key Conclusions Based on the information received from ISFED […]
Local election on the 29 April: CVU criticizes violations
Bribing voters is a key issue in the elections in the amalgamated territorial communities (ATC), which were held on April 29. EPDE member CVU’s observers recorded the use of indirect and direct bribery technologies in the most communities. Among other issues of the election campaign are facts of pressure on candidates and problems in […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #6
Andrew J.Kurbiko The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 6 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” concerns the establishment of a working group to prepare for the second reading of the draft Electoral Code and the appointment process of new […]
Russian Golos forced to temporarily freeze its cooperation with EPDE
The listing of EPDE as „undesirable foreign organisation“ in Russia limits, in the first instance, the rights of Russian citizen election observers and isolates them from international election observation and contacts with experts from other countries. The Russian state can impose a high fine, as well as even a prison term of up to six […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #5
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 5 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” concerns the registration of a draft law which aims to strengthen sanctions for election violations. On 13 April, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted the Draft […]
Censorship and manipulation: How the media affected the outcome of the election in Russia
The movement “Golos” conducted a media monitoring program to analyze the situation in the media regarding observing constitutionally protected election principles during the presidential election campaign in the Russian Federation. From 22 January till 18 March 2018, “Golos” carried out weekly monitoring of five central TV channels.The movement analyzed election-relevant content of news reports […]