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Armenia Discussion Summary - Ongoing 2021 municipal elections

November 22, 2021

The first two dates for Armenia’s autumn 2021 municipal elections have passed, October 17 and November 14, but one more Election Day is taking place on December 5. In this expert debriefing hosted by the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), election experts outlined the context of these elections, initial findings concerning its conduct so far, and how recent renewed military activities by Azerbaijani forces may impact the elections.

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Armenia Policy Alert #10 - Two Down, One To Go: Armenia’s 2021 Local Elections

November 17, 2021

In the wake of the early parliamentary election on June 20, 2021, 54% of the electorate will have a second chance to vote during the autumn 2021 local elections. Several communities have already held their city council elections on October 17 and November 14, but the biggest wave will take place on December 5.

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EPDE The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence: The Case of Janusz Niedźwiecki

November 04, 2021

Evidence collected by EPDE through the years demonstrates that invitations to participate in politically biased international election observation missions are used by authoritarian regimes or illiberal actors as an entry door to recruit allies in key institutions. Our latest report discusses the case of a Polish political individual, Janusz Niedźwiecki, to provide a detailed account of how participation in 'fake observation' leads to engagement in even more malicious activities.

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EPDE Project coordinator - Integrity of elections in the EU

The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) seeks a part-time project coordinator for an EU project aiming to strengthen the integrity of elections within the EU. Within this project, several reports shall be produced investigating issues relating to electoral integrity on both the EU-level and the national level of seven EU-member states; public round tables conducted presenting these studies; advocacy campaigns conducted to call for the implementation of electoral reforms to improve electoral integrity.

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EPDE Ausschreibung - Forschungsprojekt zu deutscher Wahlrechtsreform

EPDE sucht eine internationale ExpertIn oder ein Expertenteam für die Durchführung eines Forschungsprojekts zu der Wahlrechtsreform in Deutschland. Die Stelle ist ab sofort zu besetzen, Bewerbungsfrist 30.11.2021.

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Armenia Statement of “Independent Observer” on local elections held on October 17, 2021

The local elections held in 9 communities in Armenia on October 17 were the first elections to be held following reforms passed in June 2020 which expanded the use of the proportional party list system to cities with 4,000 voters or more. Elections were held in a competitive environment. Despite alarms about misuse of administrative resources, violations of citizens’ labor rights, and individual cases of electoral bribes, both in the days leading up to and on election day, voters were largely free to express their will.

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Georgia Discussion Summary - After the local election run-offs

Domestic observers agree that the second round of the local elections was technically well administered but the pre-election campaign was marked with negative, sometimes anti-democratic rhetoric. Nearly all the violations and shortcomings reported in the first round still prevailed in the runoffs and other negative trends became further entrenched. Thus, election watchdogs consider that this is a missed opportunity on Georgia’s path of democratic development.

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Ukraine Probable falsification of vote count protocols in Kharkiv mayoral election

According to OPORA, protocols on voting results in at least 40 polling stations (out of 605) do not match the PEC vote count protocols received by observers immediately after the count. After OPORA established the facts of probable falsification of voting results, the subjects of the election process in Kharkiv stated that they had identified other similar incidents, which further demonstrates the need for a comprehensive study of the process of establishing the results of the mayoral election.

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