Sentences with phrase «osce election observation»

As the founder of the EU's # 150 million Democracy & Human Rights programme, which finances all its election observation missions worldwide, I have seen polls in Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Palestine, Russia and many others.

Election observation is certainly not an easy task and we must spare a thought for those who volunteer their time and risk their lives to help.

The election observation mission is led by a 32 - year old, inexperienced member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Although there is no direct relation between election observation and successful elections an independent observer mission has a number of benefits.

In addition to election observation, the European Commission is engaged in election assistance, which provides technical or material support to electoral processes.

The EU is a leading global actor in providing and financing electoral assistance complementary to election observation.

Information on how join an EU election observation mission, including the criteria for recruitment and training requirements.

An overview of all stages of an election observation mission, from the selection of priority countries to the final report.

INFOGRAPHIC: The local elections in Ukraine on 25 October 2015 is the 300th time that ODIHR has observed elections since establishing its comprehensive election observation methodology.

Election observation gives the opportunity to assess an electoral process according to international standards.

The prosecution said, in all, 128 printed election observation cards were seized from them, which the EC, later confirmed were fake.

On December 9, 2009, candidate Victor Yanukovych at a meeting with an OSCE election observation mission stated that he is afraid Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko might rig the presidential election.

CODEO has since grown to become the largest independent and non-partisan domestic election observation coalition in Ghana dedicated to the promotion of free, fair and transparent elections in Ghana.

Susan Hyde points out that even semi-democratic countries invite election observation, despite the risk of international criticism, in part because refusing observers is taken as an admission of electoral malpractice.

Since 1990, international election observation has become a «norm.»

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has described as peaceful, Ghana's 2016 elections in its preliminary election observation report.

«We, the accredited civil society groups, have deployed our observers across the state for effective election observation and reportage.»

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) international election observation mission for Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, has arrived in Ghana.

The ECONEC boss was accompanied to the meetings by a strong INEC election observation team, including two National Commissioners, Prof. Anthonia Okoosi - Simbine and Dr Adekunle Ogunmola among others.

My second experience of election observation was in South Africa in 1994.

Beforehand I was sceptical about the value of election observation.

Not exact matches

But first there are two preliminary observations about the difficulty of taking the right stance during this extraordinary election that must be considered.

One interesting observation to be gained from these figures is that the paid - time religious programs had reached the peak of their influence, numerically at least, almost three years before most public attention was given to them in the election year of 1980.

But a lack of deeper characters and bolder political observation means that, unlike election night, it's an amusing evening, if nothing more.

Our friend Ben Donahower (last seen on Epolitics.com writing about online opposition research) published a nice overview of the Best and Worst of Campaign 2012 on Campaigns & Elections a couple of weeks back, which included observations from him, me, Keya Dannenbaum, Brian Hanf and Geoff Sharpe.

One final observation is that there is more to an election than just the day of voting.

A couple of observations: first, note how early these guys are being hired — the election was only a week ago, and the new media team is already being put into place.

Here's an observation from Joe Trippi and Rod Martin's lunchtime POLC conversation yesterday — yes, the long American election seasons have some drawbacks, but they do give campaigns a chance to build support incrementally over months and even years.

The Central Regional Director of the NCCE, Nicolas Ofori Boateng who made the observation, said the situation had influenced voter turnout at district level elections over the past years, as the electorates had lost confidence or felt betrayed by the assembly members.

In the week Gordon Brown announced he will stand down from his Westminster constituency at the May 2015 general election, two central observations come to mind.

But there are a number of problems with these observations as a way of looking at the results of this year's local elections.

This highlights another important outcome of the observation of the 2015 election - the opportunity for parliamentarians and electoral officials from other countries to observe and learn from the UK's successes.

Our friend Ben Donahower (last seen on Epolitics.com writing about online opposition research) published a nice overview of the Best and Worst of Campaign 2012 on Campaigns & Elections a couple of weeks back, which included observations from him, me, Keya Dannenbaum, Brian Hanf and Geoff...

What they're saying: «From our observations, there is a great deal of anxiety among the public regarding nearly every part of the electoral process,» Dr. Martin Mwondha, national co-ordinator, Citizens Election Observers Network — Uganda.

Anyone who says it doesn't is either a spin - doctor for a losing candidate or someone who can't see beyond the true but trite observation that by - elections are not general elections.

He observed that with the successful observation of the voter registration and general elections, the group was now better prepared to observe the remaining set of elections.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

Owen Bennett followed Farage around during he election and his conversations and observations formed the basis for Following Farage: On the Trail of the People's Army (Biteback # 12.99).

Shehu expressed pleasure at what he called the world body's accurate observation of the trends in President Muhammadu Buhari's government, which he said could only lead down the path of free and fair elections come 2019.

Ahead of the 2015 General Election, Anthony Seldon wrote a clear introduction to this expert volume of essays, setting out the observation that David Cameron's place in history was already secured: for holding the coalition itself together; significantly improving the economic outlook; overseeing some steady domestic reform; restoring dignity to the PM's office; and winning the Scottish referendum (25).

Finn's observations also raise issues particularly germane to the 2015 General Election: that an unintended net Coalition effect is the genuine emergence of four - party politics at Westminster (at that stage envisaged as being Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and UKIP).

YIAGA, which is one of the groups accredited for the coverage of the Anambra governorship election observers in a press briefing to unveil pre-election observations through its project, Watching - The - Vote said it gathered that there is high enthusiasm among electorate, security and the INEC in the state.

As a side note, I canvassed for Hochul and Weprin in those elections and my analysis reflects my unscientific observations from knocking on hundreds of doors in those two districts.

Here, he adapted Louis Begley's novel with Jim Taylor (Jurassic Park III, Election) and uses his powers of observation to spotlight a lot of the strangeness of ordinary people.

Though he contemplated turning his observations into a nonfiction account of the political process, Neel instead turned to fiction to craft a gripping look at what might happen if nefarious forces tried to subvert a presidential election.

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When this is done for predicting elections, say, something called «stratification» is used, where observations are qualified by (in this case) spatial extent, time of day, and other auxiliary variables and the response state of atmosphere considered as conditioned on these, and the model evaluated comparably, where it can be.

Althouse makes the interesting observation that at the time of the November 2000 election, there were no legal blogs to speak of, and that things would have unfolded «differently if there had been legal bloggers picking through the fast - accumulating wreckage hour by hour.

Anyway, what I'd like to do here is presume Trump's defeat in advance and make a few observations about democracy, the rule of law and the importance of humour in elections.