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Turkey Parliamentary Elections: Coalitions will be needed

    Turkey Parliamentary Elections: Coalitions will be needed

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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Spain tests election technology

    Spain tests election technology

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 [...]

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7 reasons not to ditch the electoral technology debate in the UK just yet

    7 reasons not to ditch the electoral technology debate in the UK just yet

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. [...]

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IFES and DI seek international consensus on Election Audits

    IFES and DI seek international consensus on Election Audits

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 [...]

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5 things you probably didn’t know about Kazakhstan Elections

    5 things you probably didn’t know about Kazakhstan Elections

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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Elections and democratic renewal in Africa

    Elections and democratic renewal in Africa

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” [...]

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Scotland’s democratic engagement and the road ahead

    Scotland’s democratic engagement and the road ahead

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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Did technology help Nigeria to improve electoral credibility?

    Did technology help Nigeria to improve electoral credibility?

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 [...]

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