Elections and Election Observation

" This report offers an in-dept analysis of the role of international election observation missions in during the political upheavals in Kyrgyzstan in 2005. It presents the work of three leading, young academics from Kyrgyzstan. The report forms part of the 'NUPI Network for Election Observation and Exchange'. This is project that is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The starting point for the assessments presented here is the realisation that international election observer missions played a central part in the events ...

Cuando el autoritarismo se disfraza de democracia La celebración de elecciones regulares en un país no equivale a la existencia de una democracia plena. Esta máxima es indiscutida por la ciencia política y por cualquier institución o persona que se acerque a la observación electoral: recientemente se han desarrollado regímenes que responden a lo que algunos autores llaman semiautoritarismo, o "democracia iliberal". En el este trabajo presento el caso de Nigeria a partir de las elecciones  generales de 2007.

Page 1. No. 697 – 2006 Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Stina Torjesen Indra Øverland [Eds] [697] Paper The battle for Azerbaijan Azeri Perspectives on the Observation of the 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Post-Election Period ...

This study is aimed at discovering possible reasons for young people's refusal to participate in elections in Russia and studying the attitudes of young people toward increasing voter turnout via electronic voting, postal voting, and three-day voting. The authors conducted a sociological survey of young people aged 18 to 29, mostly from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, relying on a non-institutional approach and rational choice. The research results showed that E-voting is more convenient for citizens with health problems, busy people, and those who do not have free time. Voting by mail can ensure that voting is accessible to all. The most important requirement for elections in the event of multi-day voting is legitimacy and recognition of the results by all political forces and society. Thus, voter turnout among young people might be increased via E-voting, postal voting, and three-day voting.

The citizen observers inititive Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections claims that this year’s election is marked by a greater number of locations for campaigning events, a lack of information in the government-owned media candidates from the opposition, the use of administrative resources in favor of pro-government candidates. This created unequal conditions for other candidates. The district election commissions justified the practice by arguing that the deputies were engaged in their direct activities.