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2021
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2021
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Jun
03
2021
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2021
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Training is the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity. For election officials, training organized by electoral management bodies (EMBs) can be geared towards...
May
31
2021
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2021
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Mar
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2021
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2021
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Election Observation Missions (EOMs) have become an established part of the international electoral scene. Elections around the world have increasingly been observed, meaning that election...
Feb
25
2021
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There is considerable variation in how citizens cast their ballot around the world during ‘normal times’. The traditional vision of an election is that citizens vote at polling stations using a paper...
Feb
05
2021
05
2021
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At the start of the pandemic, many countries postponed elections. From June 2020, the trend shifted to holding elections. Thanks to information sharing and peer-to-peer exchanges, election...
Feb
02
2021
02
2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a profound strain on electoral democracy worldwide. Many elections have been postponed, while others have been held with adaptation.
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Dec
09
2020
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2020
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Indonesia’s Head of Region elections (Pilkada) involving a little more than 100 million voters to elect 9 provincial governors, 37 mayors and 224 heads of regency (Bupati) are simultaneously held...
Nov
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2020
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Venezuela has scheduled parliamentary elections for 6 December where it will completely renew its National Assembly for a five-year term. Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) and International...
Oct
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2020
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Jun
23
2020
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On the 22 May, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that the final round of municipal elections will take place on 28 June 2020, provided that the election is not deemed a health risk due...
May
15
2020
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Nearly two months after Poland’s political leadership began to contemplate how presidential elections could be held during the COVID-19 pandemic, the plan still hangs in uncertainty, partisanship has...
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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Regional cooperation to promote women’s political participation through mainstreaming policies and identifying standards and good practices
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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Web tool engages young voters in Bolivia’s elections
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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Training manual builds capacity ahead of the general elections in Myanmar.
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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BRIDGE trainings promote personal transformation and institutional change
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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New network will provide joint trainings, strengthening electoral institutions and processes
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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Recognizing complexity and risks in electoral processes to inform new initiatives and solutions
In November 2019, the Commonwealth Secretariat shared its first draft of the Good Electoral Practice...
Apr
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2020
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2020
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International IDEA provided input on digital microtargeting as long-term electoral support to reduce invalid votes
In December 2018, the Dutch State Commission on the Parliamentary System published...
Apr
29
2020
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2020
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Focusing on electoral dispute resolution and political finance systems