“Tourism under the guise of election observation.” The head of the CIS observer mission will be the same one who recognized the election results in 2020
The observer mission from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which will monitor the electoral campaign at the invitation of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, is headed by Secretary General Sergei Lebedev. In 2020, Sergei Lebedev stated that the presidential elections in Belarus were held in an organized manner and by the law. Viasna human rights activist Pavel […]
Romania: Preliminary observation report of the 1 December parliamentary elections
The Vot Corect Coalition published the monitoring report of the December 1 parliamentary elections. The coalition consists of the Expert Forum, the Center for Civic Resources, Civica, the Center for the Study of Democracy, Radautiul Civic and the Electoral Observatory. Code for Romania ensures the development of the Vote Monitor smartphone application, with which we […]
Manipulated or Mobilized? TikTok, Poll Failures, and the Surge of Romania’s Far-Right
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Expert Forum (EFOR) are pleased to invite you to the second briefing on the parliamentary and presidential elections in Romania, taking place over three consecutive weekends between November 24 and December 8, 2024. Romania’s autumn elections brought a shock: an unknown far-right candidate won the first round […]
Romania: Preliminary observations for the November 24 Presidential Elections (1st round)
Summary The elections held on November 24 were competitive, and fundamental rights were generally respected. However, scheduling elections over three consecutive weeks failed to adequately separate the presidential elections from the parliamentary ones, leading to mutual influence between the two campaigns and creating significant organizational challenges. While electoral authorities generally managed the technical aspects of […]
EPDE on Fake Observers at Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Elections
Kyiv welcomes Kellogg’s nomination as special representative for Ukraine and Russia by Trump
What do we know about the international observers quoted in the pro-government media?
Elections*2025. Analytical report on the formation of territorial election commissions
The general conditions and the actual procedure of the formation of territorial election commissions (TECs), which are an important mechanism of the electoral process, demonstrate the state dirigisme of all electoral processes with the imitation of the active participation of civil society, which gives the current executive power full control over the formed commissions. The […]
What do we know about the international observers quoted in the pro-government media?
Georgia: Joint assessment of the Parliamentary Election by ISFED, MyVote, and GYLA
The October 26, 2024, parliamentary election in Georgia displayed multiple, well-documented irregularities identified by three independent domestic election observation missions—ISFED, MyVote, and GYLA—whose combined 3,500+ observers reported widespread, systematic violations that cast serious doubt on the election’s legitimacy. The observer coalition published a detailed analysis of their findings, which reveal a consistent pattern of manipulation […]