Follow-up on electoral reforms in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
On 7 June 2018, the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in cooperation with the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) holds the experts’ discussion „Follow-up on electoral reforms in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine” in Brussels. The event focuses on the electoral reforms in three association countries of the Eastern Neighbourhood Ukraine, Georgia […]
Severe sanctions against four members – EPDE contributed to disclosure
Photo: Unian The Committee on Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has found that four of its members have “seriously breached” the Code of Conduct of the organisation, and ruled that all four should be temporarily deprived of a number of rights in the Assembly. This includes the […]
Evaluation of Majoritarian By-Elections of Self-Government in Zugdidi
On May 13, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy 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 electora l commission observers and 1 mobile group.The main novelty introduced in the 13 May 2018 elections was piloting of machines […]
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 […]
Observation Mission of the New Local Elections of 20 May 2018 – Report No 2
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 […]
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 […]
Electoral Reform in Ukraine #6
On 4 April, the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and Justice confirmed the composition of a working group assigned to prepare the second reading of the draft Electoral Code No. 3112-1. The draft Electoral Code was approved by the Ukrainian Parliament in the first reading in November last year. It advocates a proportional system for […]