Slovakia is gearing up for a presidential run-off election to elect a successor to President Ivan Gasparovic who is currently concluding his second term in office. Prime Minister Robert Fico will be facing challenger Andrej Kiska on March 29, only two weeks after both politicians obtained the most votes out of the 15 contending candidates (28% ...
A total of eighty-five seats in the Maldivian parliament are set to be decided when voters head to the polling precincts on March 22. This is only the second such elections in the Maldives after 2009 when the country held its first-ever multi-party polls to elect representatives to its unicameral legislature known as the People’s Majilis ...
A recent forum on biometric voter authentication drew a sizeable crowd of election stakeholders in Pakistan. The event, organized by London-based elections company Smartmatic,  gathered Members of the Parliament, representatives from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),  political parties,  international granting agencies, non-government organizations, and the media. British Deputy High Commissioner, John Tucknott greeted the ECP’s progress ...
By all indications, automated elections seems to be fast gaining momentum in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Recently, the Himalayan country had brought together stakeholders to a forum to discuss “Voting Technologies as Key Component of Transparent Elections.†The well-attended event was organized by the International Center for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) and was headlined by ...
2014 will be a busy year for electoral authorities in Colombia as citizens participate in at least two national elections: parliamentary on 9 March and Presidential on 25 May. Since Colombia has a two-round system and 50% of the votes is required to become President in the first round, it’s highly likely voters will head back ...