European politicians to legitimize constitutional changes in Russia

Kremlin-friendly foreign politicians, journalists, lobbyists and activists have once again been invited to praise the disputed “all-Russian voting” on the constitutional amendments proposed by President Putin. The main motivation behind inviting foreign politically biased observers to the “voting”, which has no basis in Russian legislation, is to provide a semblance of international legitimacy to constitutional […]

European politicians to legitimize constitutional changes in Russia

Member of the Berlin Parliament Gunnar Lindemann (left) and Member of the German Bundestag Stefan Keuter (right) both from AfD Germany at the all-Russian voting. Source: Facebook account of Gunnar Lindemann, 25.06.2020   Kremlin-friendly foreign politicians, journalists, lobbyists, and activists have once again been invited to praise the disputed “all-Russian voting” on the constitutional amendments […]

CSOs concerned over plans to pilot internet voting during Local elections

Source: www.ukrinform.net   On July 1, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and 37 Ukrainian civil society organizations released a joint statement raising concerns about plans to pilot internet voting during the local elections. The full statement is below. The signatories of this statement would like to express their serious concern regarding plans to pilot […]

Weekly Report – formation of precinct election commissions

On June 24 authorities completed the formation of Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) which are an important element of the electoral process directly engaged in the administration of voting and counting of votes. Observers note that the formation of PECs clearly discriminated against representatives of opposition parties: 1.1% of the total number of elected nominees are […]

Georgian CSOs call on Facebook to improve ad transparency

Today, nearly 50 Georgian CSOs and media outlets issued an open letter to Facebook urging the social media giant to promptly launch Political Ad Library and introduce other measures for increased ad transparency and countering disinformation ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia. The letter addressed to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and […]

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