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IFES Survey Gauges Nigerian Voter Attitudes
A new survey indicates that a growing number of Nigerians think the upcoming elections will be free and fair, when compared to the last two elections. However, concerns about election-related violence are running high less than a week before voting begins.
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Survey
What Nigerians Think: Nigerian Public Opinion in the Pre-election Environment
The results of this survey are based on face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of IFES by Practical Political leaders elected in the polls to be held in April 2007 will have no easy task ahead of them. A large majority of Nigerians are dissatisfied with the overall state of their country. Many cite corruption and its natural allies—poverty and unemployment—as Nigeria’s biggest challenges. Yet despite deep dissatisfaction, slim majorities or large minorities have at least some confidence in governmental leaders
April 09, 2007
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Feature
GEO Conference - People and Panels
Photos from the plenary sessions of the 2007 Global Electoral Organisations Conference
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Press Release
FEC and IFES Co-host International Conference on Setting Global Political Finance Standards
The Federal Election Commission and IFES, a non-profit organization dedicated to building democratic societies, co-hosted an international conference, Setting Global Political Finance Standards, on Friday, March 30, 2007.
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Report/Paper
From Power Outages to Paper Trails: Experiences in Incorporating Technology into the Election Process
This white paper is authored by four election technology experts who offer insights and recommendations about the best ways to introduce and manage new election technologies. The implementation of new election technologies--and the issues it raises--are examined in three chapters, with an introduction by IFES: · Maximizing the Potential for Successful Election Technology Projects (Mike Yard and Ronan McDermott) · The Introduction of New Technologies from the Election Administrator’s Perspective (Linda Edgeworth) · Perspectives on Electronic Voting (Dr. Douglas Jones, U. of Iowa)
March 26, 2007
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Report/Paper
Introduction and About the Authors
Elections are important events in any democracy, but in developing democracies each election is a milestone and often the most prominent indicator used to measure democratic consolidation.
March 13, 2007
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Report/Paper
Boundary Delimitation
Despite the possible political ramifications of the process, and the fact that the majority of the world’s countries undertake periodic delimitations of electoral districts, little in the way of international standards has been proposed. But such standards are important.
March 13, 2007
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Report/Paper
Election Management Bodies and Use of the Internet
The goal of this paper is to establish new proposals for international electoral standards for the use of the Internet during election campaigns (outside of voting).
March 13, 2007
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Report/Paper
External and Absentee Voting
This paper examines the extension of franchise to those who live outside of their home community or country of citizenship.
March 13, 2007
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Press Release
New IFES Book Documents Methods to Mobilize Disabled Voters
A new publication from IFES documents activities and lessons learned from the first-ever project that aimed to increase voting by Nicaraguans with disabilities and thereby make the country’s elections more inclusive.