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Electoral Processes
International IDEA
Global Database on Elections and Democracy
Abdurashid SolijonovBrussels, 30-31 March, 2015
Electoral Processes
Content of the database
• Voter turnout• Gender quotas• Political finance• Electoral system design• Electoral management
design• Direct democracy• Electoral justice• Voting from abroad• ICT in elections
Electoral Processes
Content of the database
• Voter turnout 33• Gender quotas 29 • Political finance 43 • Electoral system design 6 • Electoral management design 7 • Direct democracy 48 • Electoral justice 105 • Voting from abroad 4 • ICT in elections 19
Total = 294 variables
Number of variables
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Why EJ database?
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Electoral Processes
• In the beginning of 2014, Afghans set to elect a new president. The complex power struggles that surrounded the elections (both in the first round in February and the second round in June) led to reported fraud which was not resolved until mid-September, mainly due to the lack of an efficient EDR mechanism.
• After continuous negotiations between two main candidates, Abdulla Abdulla and Ashraf Ghani, and the involvement of the UN in the vote scrutiny, the election commission ultimately decided to declare the winner, but without announcing the final voting results.
Real life example of electoral disputes
Afghanistan
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Real life example of electoral disputes
• During the candidate registration process, the MEC rejected nominations of one presidential candidate and 14 parliamentary candidates. Five of the rejected candidates appealed to the High Court and in all the cases the Court ruled that the candidates were eligible to be nominated.
• President Joyce Banda called for the annulment of elections due to alleged massive irregularities. However, the MEC together with the Malawi Law Society initiated a judicial review and were granted a court order preventing the execution of the President’s decision. After several other judicial procedures involving the High Court, the MEC subsequently announced the presidential election results.
Malawi
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What?
Electoral Processes
International IDEA has conducted global comparative research of electoral dispute resolution systems
176 countries have been covered.
Findings have been made public in online Electoral Justice database http://www.idea.int/elections/ej/
Electoral Processes
The Electoral Justice database consists of four parts covering challenged related to:
Presidential / Legislative Presidential / Legislative Presidential / Legislative Common for Pres/Leg
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Electoral Processes
Electoral dispute
resolutionprocess
to challenge elections
results
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Summariesof some data
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Summariesof some data
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Can citizens appeal against nominated candidates?
Latin America and Caribbean
Europe Africa
Regional comparison
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Europe AfricaLatin America and Caribbean
Regional comparison
Can citizens challenge election results?
Electoral Processes
Is it possible to appeal the decision of the first instance body?
Related to disputes targeting legislative election results
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Summariesof some data
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Summariesof some data
What penalties are envisioned for offences related to incentive driven voter coercion?
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Summariesof some data
What penalties are envisioned for offences related to threat driven voter coercion?
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Summariesof some data
What institution(s) has the power to impose administrative sanctions for campaign finance infractions?
Data for 170 countries
Electoral Processes
Summariesof some data
Data for 170 countries
What types of sanctions can be imposed for campaign finance infractions?
What institution(s) has the power to impose administrative sanctions for campaign finance infractions?
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Additional information in the database
What types of sanctions can be imposed for campaign finance infractions?
Comments
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What types of sanctions can be imposed for campaign finance infractions?
Electoral Processes
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