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Official Vote Information Guide
The “Official Vote Information Guide,” published in 2002, provided Californians with educational literature on the March 5, 2002 primary elections. The piece includes a “quick reference guide” on the different propositions that will be voted on such as legislative constitutional amendments and the Voting Modernizing Bond Act of 2002. Also included are candidate profiles and the texts of the laws that will be voted on.
Publication
Report/Paper
Selecting a Model for Election Administration in Kosovo: Conclusions & Recommendations from Discussion Forum and Conference held on 1-2 and 16 February 2002
This report summarizes IFES findings from two events on the future election administration system in Kosovo. The report provides recommendations for the future of the election administration system in Kosovo.
February 28, 2002
Publication
Report/Paper
Electoral Conflict and Violence: A Strategy for Study and Prevention
An electoral process is an alternative to violence as it is a means of achieving governance. It is when an electoral process is perceived as unfair, unresponsive, or corrupt, that its political legitimacy is compromised and stakeholders are motivated to go outside the established norms to achieve their objectives. Electoral conflict and violence become tactics in political competition. There are examples of elections that have exacerbated long-term conflict (Angola 1992) or have politically hardened conflict-related alliances (Bosnia and Herzegovina 1996). From these experiences, it is generally recognized that post-conflict elections can be held too early and produce results that may extend the conflict rather than resolve it. However, in most cases, such elections mitigate the effects of larger conflict issues and reduce them into localized, manageable incidents...
February 04, 2002
Publication
Survey
2001 Electoral Administration and Performance: Findings from the IFES Survey on the November 2001 Kosovo Assembly Election
The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) has been working within Kosovo since the cessation of NATO bombing in 1999 by providing technical assistance to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the administration of Kosovar elections. IFES assisted the OSCE and UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in creating a civil registration system, a necessary step to normalize public administration and to register voters. Leading up to the successful October 2000 Municipal Elections, IFES assisted the OSCE in establishing a legal electoral framework, developing a technical infrastructure, and training election officials and poll workers. Fueled by the success of the Municipal Elections, the OSCE, with assistance from IFES, decided to strengthen the capacity of the newly formed Municipal Election Commissions. In order to pinpoint exactly what aspects of electoral administration needed to be developed, IFES conducted a post-election survey after the municipal elections. Based on the results of that survey, IFES and the OSCE planned its activities for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Kosovo, which were scheduled to be held on 17 November 2001 and would result in the formation of Kosovo’s first elected Assembly, which would then elect Kosovo’s first democratically elected President. On Election Day, 65 percent of the Province’s 1.25 million people visited the polling stations in order to participate in the highly successful democratic election of Kosovo’s Assembly. Following the 17 November 2001 Assembly Election, IFES conducted its second postelection survey of people from Kosovo who had participated in the elections as either election administrators or observers. This survey follows the format of the survey conducted after the 2000 Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The sample included Municipal Election Commission (MEC) members, Polling Station Committee (PSC) members, and representatives from political entities and NGOs that fielded election observers. The sample was composed of representatives from all political and ethnic groups and covered every municipality in Kosovo. The survey had two main goals: first to assess the performance of electoral administrators in the 2001 Kosovo Assembly Election and to compare this performance with 2000 and second to assess the role the international community is playing in election administration in Kosovo and make recommendations regarding the process of transferring election administration to Kosovo institutions. In total, 1,200 questionnaires were distributed between 28 November and 18 December. Of these, 979 were returned, resulting in a response rate of 81.6 percent.
January 31, 2002
Publication
Report/Paper
Womens Leadership Training Program: Paraguay IFES Final Activity Report
This report summarizes IFES’ efforts from the League of Women Voters projects in Paraguay. The project’s aim was to prepare women leaders for the November 2001 municipal elections on topics such as voters, campaign workers, constituency organizers, issue advocates and candidates.
January 28, 2002
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Report/Paper
Judicial Independence Conference Lima, Peru Nov 29-30, 2001
This report summarizes the Judicial Independence Conference in Lima, Peru from November 2001. The event was intended to and served multiple purposes. Among other things, it imparted a wealth of rich, new comparative information, as well as lessons learned, through a serious, well organized discussion of judicial independence.
January 27, 2002
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
The Election Code of Illinois Annotated
The Election Code of Illinois Annotated
Publication
Survey
Survey Report of Election Officials in the Republic of Macedonia: Parliamentary Elections 2002
On September 15, 2002 the Republic of Macedonia held its third parliamentary election since it seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991. The election had special significance because it followed a period of armed conflict, an internationally-brokered Framework Agreement, and a still-fragile multi-ethnic environment. Many parts of Northern Macedonia suffered substantial infrastructure damage during the conflict. Added to this was the significant population movement within and from the crisis areas. These factors proved challenging to conducting the elections. In addition, there was new election legislation that required new procedures and operations, unfamiliar to election officials and new election management bodies. Shortly after the elections, the SEC and IFES Macedonia decided that it would be useful to conduct an opinion survey of election officials in Macedonia. It was hoped that this exercise would help the newly created SEC establish itself as a permanent entity, as envisioned by the legislation that created it. IFES Macedonia contracted Strategic Marketing and Media Research Institute (SMMRI), a survey and marketing organization in Skopje, to conduct the survey. The principal objective of the project was to assist the SEC in measuring the attitudes of electoral officials regarding the election process in general, and with specific reference to the 2002 parliamentary elections. It also aimed to solicit recommendations for how to improve election administration in Macedonia. This survey was conducted between February 21 and March 6, 2003 with 1,328 election officials throughout Macedonia. A total of 25 Regional Election Commission (REC) officials, 120 Municipal Election Commission (MEC) officials, and 1,183 Electoral Board (EB) officials were interviewed for the survey. The REC and MEC officials were randomly selected from the total population of REC and MEC officials who worked on the 2002 parliamentary election. The sample for EB officials used a two-stage probability sample and covered all major regions with probability proportional to the registered voters in each region. The fieldwork and data processing, as well as a significant portion of the data analysis for this survey were conducted by SMMRI.
December 31, 2001
Publication
Survey
Issues and Priorities for Bangladesh: The 2000 IFES National Survey
In 2000, IFES conducted a first-of-its-kind poll of Bangladeshi adults that measured their opinions about a range of social and political issues. At the time, Bangladeshi politics was dominated by conflict between its two major parties. Through the poll, IFES hoped to learn voters’ attitudes toward the country’s current political and economic situation and to document their policy preferences. The results were made available to political parties, the government and civil society to better inform them about voters’ concerns. Twenty-two percent of respondents said development should be the foremost concern of their country’s leaders, and 17 percent (the next largest group) said politicians should focus on improving the “law and order situation.”
October 31, 2001
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
A Compilation of the Election Laws of the State of Florida
A Compilation of the Election Laws of the State of Florida