Sentences with phrase «process of electoral reform»

The fourth Labour government also began the process of electoral reform.

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Opposition leader Mr Raila Odinga, whose legal challenge to the election results led to the vote being nullified, withdrew from the new election, saying the process was not credible because of the lack of electoral reforms.

Given the potentials the card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.

The most important thing is that analysing past elections & predicting future elections is ridiculous, since electoral reform will hopefully change the political parties and the political process anyway, to make them more responsive to the genuine majority view, instead of the tribal attitude we see when Paul suggests that we should keep FPTP as the best way of electing a Labour government.

Mrs. Osei highlighted some of the reforms the EC has already implemented and are implementing to enhance the integrity of the electoral process.

It is the expectation of the Electoral Commission that all political party representatives on Committees (collectively set up by IPAC) will raise any concerns they may have about any reforms or the electoral process at IPAC to be discussed and addressed collectively.

If there's one takeaway from this election, it is that we need real campaign finance reform in this country, and we need to elect leaders who have dedicated themselves to getting corporate money out of our electoral process.»

According to Charly Boy, the group considers it worrisome that the country has repeatedly failed to convince millions of Nigerians, through relevant reforms, to trust the electoral process which results in the steady decline in voters» turn - out since 2003 general elections.

Oputa expressed the readiness of the group to strategically engage with the leadership of the National Assembly on the kinds of reforms that will help remedy the deficiencies plaguing Nigeria's electoral process.

We can change the register, we can change the electoral process but until there is reform of our political parties and our electorates in terms of how they engage in the system we will still have a register that is not credible regardless of how much money you put into the system,» she argued.

The danger, for anyone interested in putting an end to a process that protects unresponsive officials, is not that Cuomo will fail to get the legislature to go along with him; it is that he will cut a deal, in exchange for something else he wants, that would allow the legislature to keep a firmer hand in the process of drawing electoral lines than the reform proposal currently calls for.

The process that culminated in the 2011 referendum not only saw a significant amount of institutions sprout and bloom as major actors in favour of electoral reform, but also served as a course of education for voters unfamiliar with alternative methods of voting.

«They are however pleased to learn that the Presidential candidates had agreed to attend a session with the Electoral Commission on implementation of the reforms and the transparency of the electoral processes on December 1, 2016.»

Although Pal agrees that the role and the nature of the electoral process may not be transformed through reform, he points to Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj and Henry v. Canada to highlight that courts appear to provide some constitutional significant to the connection between Members of Parliament and specific geographic ridings.