Stefanie Schiffer was denied a Russian visa
Stefanie Schiffer, EPDE chair and since 2015 member of the board of the German-Russian high-level conference “Petersburger Dialog” was denied a Russian visa to attend the 17. annual conference of the Dialogue in Moscow on 7th and 8th October 2018. German mass media report critically on this decision. Schiffer claims that EPDE should be removed […]
Regional elections 2018: Politically biased election observation
Source: omskportal.ru Executive summary The Russian organisation National Social Monitoring (NSM) coordinated by Roman Kolomoytsev invited 10 international experts to attend the regional elections in several Russian oblasts during the so-called single voting day. They were not officially accredited by Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) as election observers, but the Russian media and individual […]
Politically Biased International Election Observation at the 2018 Regional Elections in Russia
The majority of the international experts, who attended the regional elections in several Russian oblasts during the so-called single voting day, have a history of participating in various pro-Kremlin efforts. Although they were not officially accredited by Russia’s CEC as election observers, the Russian media and individual members of the CEC often referred to them […]
160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections
The “Akanates” (Eyewitness) election observation mission will engage around 160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections on September 23, 2018. The observation mission will cover 80 precincts in all administrative districts of Yerevan. All observers underwent trainings and are bound by Code of conduct for election observers to provide […]
EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8
Photo: Unian EDPE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8 The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. Issue no. 8 of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” concerns the increase of the composition of the Central Election Commission to 17 members and […]
Electoral Reform in Ukraine #8
On 20 September 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament appointed 14 new members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) and, thus, all nominees proposed earlier by the President. At the same time, the Parliament dismissed 13 CEC commissioners whose terms formally expired already in 2014 (one member’s term ended in February 2017). The new CEC members are […]
EPDE calls on Russia: Remove the listing
Photos: OSCE/Piotr Dziubak On 10 September, at the OSCE-ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, EPDE Chair Stefanie Schiffer called on the Russian Federation to withdraw the listing of EPDE and its Lithuanian member IESC as “undesirable organisations”. The listing had been imposed by the Russian Prosecutor General on 13 March 2018. Ms […]
Worldwide cooperation of citizens’ election observers
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) was represented by its Chair of Board, Stefanie Schiffer, at the annual conference of GNDEM (the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors) in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 25-26, 2018. The global network of citizens’ election observers discussed the improvement of cross-boarder cooperation of citizens’ election observers worldwide. EPDE contributed to the better detection […]
Follow-up on the implementation of the electoral reform in Moldova in the context of the upcoming Parliamentary elections
On 24 February 2019 the Republic of Moldova will hold regular Parliamentary elections. Unfortunately, the activity of the current legislature and political parties is marked by many social and political events with negative connotations.
Electoral reform in Ukraine: last chance for implementing
One of the key aspects of the electoral reform in Ukraine is the abolition of the parallel election system which should be replaced by a fully proportional parliamentary election system with open party lists. The application of a parallel system with a majoritarian component leads to preservation of an old political elite, thus the current […]