On June 7, Turkish citizens went to the polls to elect their 24th Grand National Assembly (or Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi). The chosen members of Turkey’s unicameral parliamentary body will be [...]
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Election authorities from Spain successfully tested a new system to improve election administration during the recent municipal Spanish elections held on May 24. In 22 municipalities (900 polling tables) authorities deployed [...]
![7 reasons not to ditch the electoral technology debate in the UK just yet](https://electionuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image-by-Sebastian96-via-Pixabay-330x200.jpg)
The UK general election might be over but the debate on electoral technology remains relevant. Here are 7 good reasons to keep discussing the role technology could play in UK elections. 1. [...]
![IFES and DI seek international consensus on Election Audits](https://electionuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Image-by-Simon-Cunningham-Lending-Memo-2-330x200.jpg)
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 [...]
![5 things you probably didn’t know about Kazakhstan Elections](https://electionuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Image-by-Kurious-via-Pixabay-330x200.png)
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 [...]
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The importance of electoral process on the consolidation of democracy in African countries has been recently highlighted by Said Adejumoby in his book “Democratic renewal in Africa, Trends and Discourses” [...]
![Scotland’s democratic engagement and the road ahead](https://electionuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Vote-online-330x200.jpg)
The hugely successful delivery of the recent Independence referendum demonstrated that Scotland is leading the way in terms of democratic engagement and effective election administration. With almost 85% of the [...]
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Nigeria received April with a new president: General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who became the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader in a democratic [...]