IFES Works in Uganda Ahead of 2011 Polls

May 13, 2010

IFES will begin working in Uganda in early June. One of the main projects IFES will be working on is the voter registration process. As this process will already be well underway by the time IFES arrives in Uganda, our technical experts will work with the Electoral Commission (EC) to develop high-level mechanisms through which voters can verify their registration information, including a web-based voter register and an SMS registration verification system.

Voter Registration, Election Technology, Election Procedures, Democracy Assistance, Elections

Top Experts in Complaints Adjudication Discuss the Upcoming Elections in the Philippines

April 27, 2010

For an entire week, from February 8 to 12, 2010, IFES and the American Bar Association, with funding support from USAID, brought two of the foremost legal experts on election adjudication from the US – Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson and election law expert John “Jack” Hardin Young – to Manila in order to meet with the Commission on Elections and other stakeholders and advise on complaints adjudication with this new technology. Both Justice Anderson and Mr. Young have experience litigating and adjudicating cases using Precinct Count Optical Scan systems, which are similar to those which will be used in the Philippines.

Election Disputes, Election Technology, Election Ballots, Election Law, Governance

Electoral Complaints Adjudication in the Philippines

April 27, 2010

Transcript of Podcast with Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson and election lawyer and recount expert John “Jack” Harding Young discussing their experience working in the Philippines with IFES and the American Bar Association on the area of Electoral Complaints Adjudication in the Philippines.

Election Technology, Election Disputes, Election Law, Election Ballots, Legal Framework

Sudan’s First Vote After Peace Agreement

April 20, 2010

From April 11 to 15, 2010, Sudan’s citizens turned out to vote in the first nationwide election held since 1986.  The election, a key milestone of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), marked the first time the vast majority of Sudanese had ever voted and served as an important opportunity for those in the south and Abyei to practice this civic duty in anticipation of the next CPA milestones: the January 2011 Referendum on Southern Sudan’s independence and Abyei Referendum.  Nationally, Omar Hassan al-Bashir was re-elected as President of Sudan with 68% of the vote, and in the South, Salva Kiir Mayardit was re-elected as President of Southern Sudan with just shy of 93% of Southern Sudan’s vote.

Elections, Democracy Assistance, Election Ballots, Election Technology, Civil Society

Iraq OCV 2010 PSA: How to Mark the Ballot Paper (Arabic)

March 12, 2010

This PSA is one in a series produced and paid for by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to promote Out of Country Voting for Iraq's 2010 parliamentary elections. This PSA instructs how to properly mark the ballot paper.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Election Technology, Voter Turnout

Iraq OCV 2010 PSA: How to Mark the Ballot Paper (Kurdish)

March 12, 2010

This PSA is one in a series produced and paid for by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to promote Out of Country Voting for Iraq's 2010 parliamentary elections. This PSA instructs how to properly mark the ballot paper.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Election Technology, Voter Turnout

Iraq OCV 2010 PSA: Required Documents to Prove Eligibility (Arabic)

March 12, 2010

This PSA is one in a series produced and paid for by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to promote Out of Country Voting for Iraq's 2010 parliamentary elections. This PSA lists the required documents to prove eligibility for out of country voting.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Election Technology, Voter Turnout

Iraq OCV 2010 PSA: Required Documents to Prove Eligibility (Kurdish)

March 12, 2010

This PSA is one in a series produced and paid for by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to promote Out of Country Voting for Iraq's 2010 parliamentary elections. This PSA lists the required documents to prove eligibility for out of country voting.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Election Technology, Voter Turnout

Senator Lugar, Iraqi Ambassador to U.S. and IFES CEO Speak at Iraq Polling Station in DC

March 05, 2010

Out-of-country voting for Iraq began today. This exercise will give the estimated 2,000,000 Iraqis living outside Iraq the opportunity to cast a ballot for Council of Representatives (CoR) at nearly 1000 out-of-country polling stations in 16 countries.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Electoral Systems, Democracy Assistance

Electoral Technical Assistance for Iraq for Out of Country Voting

March 05, 2010

At the request of Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) and with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), IFES is assisting the Commission in the implementation of its Out of Country Voting program (OCV) for the 2010 parliamentary elections. Iraqi citizens abroad will be able to a cast a ballot for candidates at the governorate level with proof of Iraqi citizenship, age and connection to one of Iraq’s 18 governorates.

Elections, Election Ballots, Election Procedures, Electoral Systems, Democracy Assistance