Sentences with phrase «electoral commissions»

«All the state electoral commissions have problems.

A former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has called for the scrapping of all state electoral commissions to ensure free, fair and credible local government elections in Nigeria.

«Those in power in the state level appoint chairmen and members of their political parties as members of the state electoral commissions.

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.

It's going to hold in Abuja in April, involving all the electoral commissions in the West and Southern African sub-regions.

«The South - West in addition wanted the elections to be organised and conducted by regional / zonal electoral commissions in order to have free, fair and credible elections.

«Secondly, the manner in which elections are conducted by the state independent electoral commissions where the ruling party in state wins all positions is worrisome.

These observer missions represented an opportunity for their governments and electoral commissions to prove they were up to the task of administering a free and fair election.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

Suicide bombers stormed Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least a dozen people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

The orders follow the interpretation - confusion that ensued between the electoral commission and Abu Ramadan, the plaintiff who went to court to seek an interpretation of the legality or otherwise of such names in the electoral roll.

Thursday Questions — Environment, food and rural affairs, church commissioners, public accounts commission and the speaker's committee on the electoral commission Business Statement - Leader of the House Business - Proceedings on the supply and appropriation main estimates bill Adjournment - Female genital mutilation among at - risk girls - Jane Ellison

The court voted 4 - 2 to nullify Kenyatta's election saying they found the electoral commission had performed irregularities and illegalities in adding up the presidential vote.

Most of the protesters who were interviewed were surprised the British government will be extending courtesies to a man who had a serious case against him, together with the country's electoral commission before the Supreme Court of Ghana.

a non-political electoral commission that manages districting, polling - places, ballot counting etc,

Before the 2016 election, Mr Martin Amidu levelled so many allegations against former President Mahama, the NDC and the Chairperson of the electoral commission including planned vote rigging, corruption etc..

If you believe that there are examples where a candidate has clearly broken the law, the RPA creates an electoral commission, with the power to enforce election law.

As allegations of vote rigging surrounded «the worst violence since Kenya gained independence», [iii] particular international support has been given to Kenya's electoral commission.

«He should stay off and intruding into the operations and activities of the independent electoral commission of Ghana.

Your attempt to handcuff the judiciary and the electoral commission is a subtle to foist full blown dictatorship on Ghanaians.

Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.

Due to the boycott and with turnout low throughout Friday, the electoral commission extended polling by an hour.

But the electoral commission said on Twitter any questions on the issue should be referred to the UCC.

Around noon, Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), confirmed to local TV station NTV Uganda that the government had shut down social media at the request of the electoral commission.

But the electoral commission chief on Monday pointed to other critical politicians permitted on to the presidential ballot and shrugged off Mr Navalny's talk of «millions of supporters».

There was no immediate comment available from the electoral commission but the government insisted the second round would go ahead despite the opposition's withdrawal.

His opposition party has maintained that the electoral commission's servers were hacked and the poll rigged in favor of Kenyatta.

Most contenders for the European elections in Slovenia waited until the very last moment to submit their candidate lists to the electoral commission.

«We have no faith at all in the electoral commission as currently constituted.

Wafula Chebukati, chairman of the electoral commission, rejected the opposition's evidence of election fraud in a letter released Friday morning, calling it «obviously and plainly falsified.»

Disputes emerge between electoral commission, political parties over unofficial results of Saturday's poll

19 October 2010 — ELECTORAL COMMISSION Question: To Ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to public funds of the case by the Electoral Commission against the United Kingdom Independence Party.

«I was overwhelmed when these elders unanimously made me sign all the documents that were sent to the electoral commission on Friday, November 6th, 2015 as an interim General Secretary of the party,» he said.

This outcome is unlikely, however, because of the large investment being made into the electoral commission and the aversion amongst international actors for rewarding perpetrators of violence with a place at the negotiating table.

The electoral commission confirmed last month that the rules would not be enforced until the summer of 2010.

That is changing the game, for political gain, and is illegal.The electoral commission should examine this.

Attahiru Jega made a point of saying this was a decision taken by the electoral commission but clearly the «referee» was under intense pressure.

Liberia's Supreme Court on Monday put a presidential run - off on hold until the electoral commission can investigate claims of irregularities and alleged fraud in last month's first round of voting.

He set out that Progress is «clear and transparent» in its funding because its accounts can be ferretted out at Companies House, and its major donors are reported to the electoral commission.

Weah, a retired international footballer and standard bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) was declared winner on Friday after the Boxing Day run - off polls by Liberia's national electoral commission.

However, officials from the APC accuse the military of forcing the electoral commission into the delay to help the sitting president's campaign.

To this end, it advised the electoral commission to look out for solutions and ideas in strengthening democracy in the country.

According to the electoral commission, there was a 99.93 percent turnout in that province, with 95 percent voting in favor of Bongo.

Commenting on how the New Patriotic Party has gone about with the electoral commission's Steering Committee, he said that it doesn't matter who will be appointed — rather, what matters is the electoral commission's steadfastness in working with the laws of the country.

He questioned the validity of the count after the electoral commission changed some results, even though it insists the outcome was not affected.

The electoral commission and its agents must make sure that all votes are counted and that the parties will be sure that the process will not be manipulated.

The CPS referred it back to the electoral commission.

According to the results certified by the electoral commission, the ruling party won 49 % of the ballots while the former ruling party came second with 48 %.

The electoral commission announced early Saturday that the militant -...

«We don't want any political party to be ahead of the electoral commission to declare results.