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Ukraine Findings from CVU on the Second round of the Presidential elections

April 22, 2019

The Committee of Voters in Ukraine (CVU) found that voting day was generally conducted in accordance with the standards of fair and free elections. Violations recorded included: campaigning on the day of voting, issuing ballots without proper identity documents, disclosure of the secrecy of voting, errors in the work of election commissions.

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Ukraine Statement of OPORA on the Second round of the Presidential election

April 22, 2019

The Civil Network OPORA found that the electoral process was of a competitive nature, the voting process and the period of pre-election campaigning mostly complied with the basic international standards of democratic elections, and voters were comprehensively informed and provided with actual alternatives for expressing their will.

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EPDE New EPDE publication "Russian Interference, and Where to Find It"

April 18, 2019

In Anton Shekhovtsov’s newest study, he identifies different factors that influence the occurrence of Russian interference in international elections. This article discusses elections in France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Sweden that took place in 2017-2018, and shows how different combinations of these factors produced different outcomes in terms of Russian meddling.

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Georgia ISFED Final Statement on By-Election

According to ISFED assessment, while at majority of electoral precincts the Election Day was mostly free from any major violations, the voting process progressed amid tension, especially in Zugdidi and Marneuli.

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Georgia ISFED by-election 1st statement

EPDE's Georgian member ISFED is observing by-elections, which take place 19 May in several electoral districts in Georgia, and presenting its 1st statement about the opening of polling stations and the voting process.

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Ukraine Free elections with obstacles - the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections

The 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections once again proved, for the sixth time in a row, that Ukrainian democracy is solid enough to allow a peaceful transfer of power. Outgoing President Petro Poroshenko accepted his defeat and cleared the way for his successor Volodymyr Zelensky. Read an analysis of the elections by Stefanie Schiffer (in German).

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Armenia Final Report of the "Akanates" Observation Mission of the Snap Parliamentary Elections

The final report of the long-term and short-term "Akanates" ("Eyewitness") Observation Mission of the 2018 Snap Parliamentary Elections in Armenia indicates that the elections were held in an atmosphere of a free, competitive and peaceful electoral contest, which essentially differed from the national elections held in previous years.

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Ukraine Conclusions from E-Day by CVU

The Committee of Voters in Ukraine (CVU) found no systemic violations during E-Day. Those violations that were recorded included violations of voting procedures by the members of the precinct election commissions, inaccuracy of the voter lists, illegal campaigning, and photographing of the filled-in ballots by voters.

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