Elections to watch in 2019 – Part I

Elections to watch in 2019 – Part I

As the world’s innovations and communications channels keep on evolving and reshaping human existence and interactions, political participation and election integrity rise above the leading issues to monitor in 2019 elections. Critical matters include immigration, the war on disinformation, fighting against corruption, re-connecting with disengaged and disillusioned voters, defending human rights, improving cyber-security, limiting the rise ...

Five issues to watch in the European Parliamentary Elections

Five issues to watch in the European Parliamentary Elections

The EU elections of 2019 together with the finalization of Brexit are reasonably close. The amalgamation of the two events is set to interrupt the present-day patterns of policy-making in Brussels, starting a new-fangled age for the European Union. This means there are many expectations by EU ahead of the 2019 general elections in its ...

4 technology concerns in the road for the 2020 Elections

4 technology concerns in the road for the 2020 Elections

us presidential elections - election universe

Though the U.S. Presidential elections are just around the corner, there are cybersecurity and policymaking experts still pondering the 2016 results. Meanwhile, voters and elected officials are still adjusting to the outcome of the 2018 midterm polls. The election technology to be used during next year’s election will be a critical. There are at least four ...

Is Rwanda an atypical case for gender participation in Africa?

Is Rwanda an atypical case for gender participation in Africa?

Rwanda held elections last month to choose legislators for the 80-seat Chamber of Deputies, 24 of which were reserved for women, two for youth candidates and one for people with disabilities. Independently of the results, the event saw two substantial victories for election integrity: heightening gender equality and a first-time democratic aperture for two opposition political ...