The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Democracy International (DI) recently published a white paper titled “Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrity”, which provides guidance to election commissions on [...]
General interest
Kazakhstan’s presidential election came with no surprises on April 26. After his 25-year rule, the Central Asian country’s incumbent leader Nursultan Nazarbayev won a fifth consecutive term, with a massive [...]
Israelis headed to the polls on March 17 to elect their 20th Knesset (Parliament). The event was widely seen as a referendum on the governance of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu; [...]
Here are the 5 W's of the latest Estonian i-voting experience What happened? The Estonian online voting platform was used for the eighth straight national election. This time, Estonians were electing their Rigiikogu [...]
This February, Lithuania is not only celebrating the 97th anniversary of its independence from the Russian Federation and, the 25th anniversary of its State formal reestablishment from the Soviet Union [...]
1. Wind of democratic change in Africa’s giant. Even though incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan’s People's Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated Nigerian politics since civilian rule was restored, political experts argue [...]
This year, approximately 1.5 billion people have elected their representatives in 96 elections held in five continents. That’s the equivalent of 21% of the world population. Asia, a continent with 4.427 [...]
The results of the most recent Bolivian national elections, held on October 12, undoubtedly represent a milestone in the long-standing worldwide struggle for gender equality. As a result of the election, [...]
