Next Sunday, September 6, Guatemalans will head to the polls to elect the President and Vice President, Congress (158 deputies), Central American Parliament (20 deputies), and Mayors and councils for its Municipalities (338). Authorities will be elected for a four-year term. A two round system is used for the election of the President. If no candidate receives ...
As Canada prepares for its 42nd federal election, some advocacy groups are rising concerns over the possible disenfranchisement of voters resulting from the recent changes in election legislation. The Fair Election Act (Bill C-23) Earlier this year, Parliament passed a bill with multiple amendments to the Canada Elections Act. While the law known as The Fair Election Act is meant ...
1. Scope of the elections. One of the major challenges Haiti will be facing this year is having to put nearly all of its elected officials to the test. To schedule such ambitious electoral processes implies enormous political, social and economic efforts from the Haitian government, its international supporters and the general public. According to UN reports, ...
On 8 November Myanmar will hold its first open general election in 25 years to elect a second government under the 2008 constitution. The president in Myanmar is not directly elected by the people, but chosen by MPs following the vote. For these upcoming autumn historic polls, the president Thein Sein has reaffirmed his vow to ...
Burundi’s presidential election will be held July 21, after been postponed by nearly a week. The postponement comes as a response to a request by leaders from the East African Community plus South Africa, to try to stop worsening violence in the central African state. The Government agreed with a delay in the vote, but said ...
With a little over ten months to go before the Philippines goes to the polls to select the next president, the country’s poll body is itself deep in the process to select a technology provider to automate the electoral process. The  Commission on Elections (Comelec), which is riding on an all-time approval rating high  after the ...