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 ...
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 ...
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Democracy International (DI) recently published a white paper titled “Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrityâ€, which provides guidance to election commissions on how to conduct successful post-election audits in developing democracies and post-conflict environments. The investigation, authored by S. Darnolf, K. Ellena, E. Lippolis, E. Shein and C. ...
According to a recent survey carried out by Mancunian marketing agency, Tecmark and polling company YouGov, 63% of adults in the UK think that online voting would boost turnout in elections. The strongest support was found amongst women, people living in London, and young people aged 25 to 39. Â I-voting is most popular amongst Northerners and ...
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 in 1990. It is also rejoicing in the fact that as early as 2016, i-voting could be a reality for its voters. Recently, two ministers of ...