Sentences with phrase «election monitoring bodies»

Yakubu said, «Given the high stakes of conducting elections in developing countries, electoral commissions must understandably be worried about the twin issues of communication and security especially in situations where data reside with and is directly transmitted to the tallying centres through offshore vendors rather than exclusively controlled within national boundaries by election monitoring bodies.

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The election was monitored by numerous international missions representing over 170 countries, and regional bodies such as the OAS and UNASUR supported the result, while encouraging a dialogue between the government and opposition to prevent any further post-election violence, which had claimed seven lives in the days following the contested poll.

Election observers from regional body ASEAN expressed satisfaction at the process, however other international election monitors from the EU and the United States claimed that despite previously monitoring the 2008 poll, this time they were not invited to participateElection observers from regional body ASEAN expressed satisfaction at the process, however other international election monitors from the EU and the United States claimed that despite previously monitoring the 2008 poll, this time they were not invited to participateelection monitors from the EU and the United States claimed that despite previously monitoring the 2008 poll, this time they were not invited to participate at all.