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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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Armenia Final Report of the "Akantes" 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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Ukraine Statement of OPORA on E-Day and Parallel Vote Tabulation

The Civil Network OPORA found that the election took place in competitive environment and in compliance with basic standards of genuine elections, whereas cases of breaking national law failed to present any constraints for citizens to exercise their right to vote and be elected.

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Ukraine No politically biased international observation during Ukraine's Presidential election

During the first round of Presidential Elections, EPDE experts did not identify international politically biased election observation missions’ activities. EPDE expert Anton Shekhovtsov and EPDE Head of board Stefanie Schiffer shared their observations in a press briefing.

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Ukraine Observations from E-Day by OPORA

The Civil Network OPORA recorded several cases of illegal issuance of ballots to voters who did not provide correct identifying documents and observed that the performance of the election commissions was affected by lacking knowledge of procedures. The election process has so far been peaceful and observers had free access to polling stations.

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