EPDE Condemns Killing of Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed
Interior of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, January 20, 2017. Source: hrw.org (Reuters) EPDE joins the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) to condemn the murder of Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, the Executive Director of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), a fellow GNDEM member organization from Afghanistan. EPDE condemns the […]
Regional Network’s Special Report: EPDE’s Contribution to the Integrity of Elections and Election Observation
Генпрокуратура признала «нежелательным» на территории России «Пражский центр гражданского общества»
Electoral code amended, concerns about further changes remain
Election poster in Budapest for Viktor Orban, 2018. Source: nytimes.com (Adam Berry/Getty Images). As 2020 is coming to a close, the agenda of the Hungarian parliament’s last sessions are dominated by concluding debates and voting on pending legislative initiatives, among them on the amendments to the electoral code submitted to the parliament by the […]
Electoral code amended, concerns about further changes remain
Ahead of the upcoming 2022 parliamentary elections, the Hungarian governing coalition passed an amendment to the country’s electoral code introducing stricter conditions for parties to register national lists in the elections, which in practical terms seems to be forcing the parties of the democratic opposition to run on one joint party list. While adjustments to […]
Post-Election political standstill, flawed electoral complaint practices, and the one-party parliament
Opposition supporters attend a rally against the results of a parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia November 14, 2020. Source: REUTERS /Irakli Gedenidze Second Round of Elections On 21 November, Georgia held the runoff in 17 single mandate constituencies. The opposition candidates withdrew from the contest and did not run electoral campaigns. However, their names […]
Post-Election political standstill, flawed electoral complaint practices, and the one-party parliament
The second round of elections cemented the victory of the Georgian Dream (GD). Despite the opposition boycotting the elections, violations persisted. The first session of the Parliament convened in absence of the opposition and parties saw some annulling of their mandates. The DG pledge for an early election if there was one percent deviation in […]
Final observation report shows electoral process did not comply with international standards
The non-partisan observation initiative “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” has published the final analytical report on the results of observation of the 2020 presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus. The document draws final conclusions about every phase of the election. The electoral process at all its stages did not comply with a number […]
Final observation report shows electoral process did not comply with international standards
The electoral process at all its stages did not comply with a number of basic international standards for holding democratic and fair elections and was accompanied by numerous violations of these principles and provisions of national legislation. Significant violations, including the deprivation of observers of the opportunity to observe the counting of voting results, does […]
UPDATE: Results of parallel vote tabulation
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) conducted a preliminary, internal audit of the results of the parallel vote tabulation (PVT) of the October 31 Parliamentary elections. The internal audit is a standard procedure and consists of four stages: 1. Audit of data sent by observers; 2. checking changes to the PEC protocols […]