Concerns over Hungary’s pending electoral code amendment
Ahead of Hungary’s next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2022, the Orbán-government submitted a new amendment to the electoral code on 10 November 2020. Along with a series of technical adjustments, the amendment seeks to change the conditions under which parties can register national lists for the election. The proposal comes as the main opposition parties […]
Presidential election only ‘partially correct and free’
The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections in Moldova, to which EPDE member Promo-LEX contributes its election observation findings, has stated that the presidential elections of 1 and 15 November were “partially correct and free”. This coalition of Moldovan CSOs and media organizations further state that several voters were unable to exercise their right […]
Lowest turnout in 10 years due to weekend quarantine order
Source: atlanticcouncil.org (REUTERS/Stanislav Kozliuk) Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted that elections took place in seven city communities. In five of these communities, typical violations of electoral law were recorded, which did not significantly impact results. These included mistakes in commissions’ work, several examples of obstruction to observers’ work, including that of […]
Second round elections see similar violations and issues to first round, but of no significant extent to impact election results
OPORA civil network conducted independent non-partisan observation of the repeat mayoral election held on November 15, 2020 in Lutsk, Odessa, Sumy, Kherson, Kamianets-Podilsky of Khmelnytsky Oblast, Kramatorsk, and Ukrainka of Kyiv Oblast. In all localities, except Ukrainka, the runoff election was called because none of the candidates had won more than 50% of the votes […]
Over 1,000 detained again in Sunday protests
Riot police confront protesters near the grassroots memorial to Raman Bandarenka. November 15, 2020. Most of them were eventually detained, while several dozen were forced to find shelter in the neighboring apartment buildings. Photo: tut.by At least 1,127 protesters were detained yesterday across Belarus, as riot police and other law enforcement officers violently dispersed […]
High civic activism despite pandemic, but issues at polling stations abroad and organized transportation of voters mar presidential runoff
Former prime minister Maia Sandu wins the presidential election with 57,74%, according to official figures. Source: sacbee.com (AP/ROVELIU BUGA) Promo-LEX Observation Mission presents the number of incidents on the second-round election day, reported by static observers from the sample of 608 polling stations, and the number of incidents extrapolated nationally. The main findings with regards to […]
INVITATION PRESS CONFERENCES: second round elections in Moldova and Ukraine
The second round of the presidential election in Moldova and run-off mayoral elections in Ukraine are taking place this Sunday, 15 November under the unique circumstance of a deepening COVID19 crisis. Association Promo-LEX (Moldova), Committee of Voters of Ukraine and Civil Network OPORA (Ukraine) will be conducting election day observations and share observation findings during several press conferences around […]
Interim report before run-off elections: need to revise system for processing and publishing election data
Source: euromaidanpress.com Summary of interim report The process of establishing voting results and the results of the local elections of October 20, 2020, being predictably long-running and not entirely transparent, has provoked excessive suspicion and sometimes reasonable criticism of the election administration bodies on the part of various election participants and voters, too. As […]
Worrying incidents ahead of run-off presidential election
Source: balkaninsight.com (EPA/Doru Dumitru) Ahead of this Sunday’s run-off presidential election in Moldova, Promo-LEX observers underline the lack of explicit and exhaustive legal provisions in the Electoral Code to regulate the conduct of the second round of elections. The campaign was marked by a rise in hate speech, partially uttered by incumbent Dodon himself, […]
Second round of elections: main problems and risks
Source: kyivpost.com (Kostyantyn Chernichkin) Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted during a press briefing that the second round of elections will take place on November 15 in 7 communities, and on November 22 in other communities. The second round will likely take place during the weekend quarantine, which may affect […]