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Oct
19
2020
Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe. Image credit: International IDEA.

Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe. Image credit: International IDEA.

Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe: In-Country Postal, Early, Mobile and Proxy Arrangements in Individual Countries
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Oct
17
2020

Image credit: Santiago Sito on Flickr.

What is in stake for Bolivia on this Sunday's general elections?
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Oct
14
2020
Image credit: CIPPEC

Image credit: CIPPEC

Elections in times of the pandemic: Argentina’s lessons to face 2021 elections
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Oct
13
2020
Image credit: Young Shanahan@flickr

Image credit: Young Shanahan@flickr

Electoral Risk Management and the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of parliamentary elections in North Macedonia
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22 October 2020
Online
The Swedish Parliament celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations
The Swedish Parliament organizes an online seminar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. This event will be held at the Swedish Parliament's headquarters and will be broadcast online through the institution's website TV. International IDEA has been invited to this celebration. Secretary-General Kevin Casas-Zamora will share information...
28 October 2020
Australia
International IDEA & Friends’ “Asia & the Pacific Online Lecture Series on Elections” Lecture #3
Forms of special voting arrangements (SVAs) conventionally include early, postal, online, proxy voting and use of mobile ballot boxes. Some of these SVAs involve voting within supervised voting stations and some enable voting without/outside polling stations.
 
 
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27 July 2020

Understanding COVID-19 and Democracy

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is changing how we lead our lives and how political leaders are making decisions at the local, national and global level. What does this mean for immediate decisions on elections and how does it shape the adjustments made around governance and emergency powers? 

Global Overview of COVID-19 : Impact on Elections
Government Responses to COVID-19 
COVID-DEM Infohub
Global Monitor of COVID-19’s Impact on Democracy and Human Rights
Inter Pares: Parliaments' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

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