This brief provides an analysis of the financing processes and challenges of elections in Liberia. It highlights operational challenges experienced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) and potential solutions, emphasizing financial resource constraints and other challenges that impede the NEC in delivering its mandate of holding elections and managing electoral cycle activities.
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In the dynamically shifting landscape of West Africa, where sociopolitical transformations challenge the fabric of democracy, Guide on External Risk Factors to Electoral Processes in West Africa (2022–2023): Cases from Ghana, Liberia, Mali and Togo emerges as a beacon of insight. This Guide delves into the multifaceted external risk factors (ERFs) that loom over the electoral horizon in nations like Ghana, Liberia, Mali and Togo.
On 9 July 2024, International IDEA and the Office of the Election Commissioner of Mauritius (OEC) organized a crucial ‘Technical and Advisory Support Event’ in Port Louis, focusing on ‘Inter-agency Collaboration in Countering Hybrid Threats’ as part of the Protecting Elections Project, funded by the Government of Canada. The external election security expert Sebastian Bay led the workshop with support from Julia Thalin, International IDEA's Associate Programme Officer for Electoral Processes.
Natural resources feature prominently in many political and economic settlement processes after conflict. When these processes include constitutional reform, it may be expected that mechanisms for natural resource governance would be included in the new constitutional framework, but often this is not the case.
International IDEA and the Office of the Election Commissioner of Mauritius (OEC) recently re-joined forces to organize a Protecting Elections Capacity Development Workshop in Port Louis. The workshop served as a sequel to the event held in February earlier this year and aimed to further empower national stakeholders in protecting electoral integrity.
IDEA Internacional y la Oficina del Comisionado Electoral de Mauricio (OEC) recientemente volvieron a unir fuerzas para organizar un Taller de Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Protección de Elecciones en Port Louis. El taller sirvió como secuela del evento celebrado en febrero a principios de este año y tenía como objetivo empoderar aún más a las partes interesadas nacionales en la protección de la integridad electoral.
As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
International IDEA and the Office of the Election Commission of Mauritius (OEC) recently organized a Protecting Elections Workshop in Port Louis, bringing together various national organizations with the mandate to organize or support elections to jointly map challenges to electoral integrity and identify courses of action.
In recent years, the debate about lowering the voting age has intensified in many countries. Typically, young people around the world can head to the polls between 16 and 18 years of age, although some nations like Singapore and Taiwan set the age at 21 and 20, respectively.