"Elections on the continent must be fair, based on the democratic principles of universal suffrage and political equality following international, continental and regional norms and standards." AUC Commissioner for Political Affairs SE Amb. Minata Samaté Cessouma Africa is preparing to hold several national elections in 2019. All the fifty-five AU member states are obligated to hold ...
Afghanistan Afghanistan’s presidential elections were scheduled for April 2019, but they are now being postponed for at least a few months to address technical problems evident in recent parliamentary elections. There is also the consideration that the Taliban, who have a presence in 70% of Afghanistan, might reject peace negotiations if elections were held before a deal ...
As the world’s innovations and communications channels keep on evolving and reshaping human existence and interactions, political participation and election integrity rise above the leading issues to monitor in 2019 elections. Critical matters include immigration, the war on disinformation, fighting against corruption, re-connecting with disengaged and disillusioned voters, defending human rights, improving cyber-security, limiting the rise ...
The EU elections of 2019 together with the finalization of Brexit are reasonably close. The amalgamation of the two events is set to interrupt the present-day patterns of policy-making in Brussels, starting a new-fangled age for the European Union. This means there are many expectations by EU ahead of the 2019 general elections in its ...
Fake news can be detrimental to election processes in any democracy. Political leaders have even gone as far as considering digital misinformation a pandemic. The spread of false or manipulated election information got a ton of consideration in the outcome of the 2016 US presidential race. Today, it continues strengthening its influence on election cycles ...
Though the U.S. Presidential elections are just around the corner, there are cybersecurity and policymaking experts still pondering the 2016 results. Meanwhile, voters and elected officials are still adjusting to the outcome of the 2018 midterm polls. The election technology to be used during next year’s election will be a critical. There are at least four ...
Rwanda held elections last month to choose legislators for the 80-seat Chamber of Deputies, 24 of which were reserved for women, two for youth candidates and one for people with disabilities. Independently of the results, the event saw two substantial victories for election integrity: heightening gender equality and a first-time democratic aperture for two opposition political ...
The cost of elections is a challenging number to study as it varies drastically depending on the political, socio-economic, legal or historic contex. Broadly speaking, costs can include a variety of things, such as the fixed cost, which is how much the administration spends regularly, even in the absence of an election. And it can also ...