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Security Fears Revive Ahead of Afghan Runoff | October 22, 2009

Wall Street Journal| Link to story  » The Afghan government, international forces -- and the Taliban -- began preparations for the Nov. 7 presidential runoff, even as Western officials also continued advocating a power-sharing compromise to avoid the problems of a second round of voting.

The Afghan Runoff: Will It Be a No-Show Election? | October 26, 2009

TIME| Link to story  » Both the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, U.S.-based democracy support NGOs who sent observers to the initial round of voting, cite a need for enhanced security, better monitoring at each station and greater regulation of the use of state resources for campaigning.

Holbrooke Expects Less Trouble in New Afghan Election | October 23, 2009

Associated Press| Link to story  » "US envoy Richard Holbrooke said Friday he expected fewer problems with the November 7 presidential run-off election in Afghanistan than with the fraud-tainted first round in August.

Time Short for Afghan Vote Prep, NDI Says | October 22, 2009

United Press International| Link to story  » "Transparency and national security are among the urgent needs for the runoff elections scheduled for Nov. 7 in Afghanistan, [NDI] said.

Can Afghanistan Hold A Clean Runoff Election? | October 30, 2009

NPR.org| Link to story  » Afghanistan is scrambling to prepare for a Nov. 7 runoff vote to resolve the political stalemate following the blatant rigging of the August presidential election... The fallout from the first election could possibly shame the two leading candidates into behaving better.

NDI Delegation Meets Parliamentarians | October 30, 2009

The Daily Times| Link to story  » The National Democratic Institute (NDI) for International Affairs, a non-partisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide, held a consultative meeting in Karachi, Pakistan, with parliamentary leaders of the Sindh Assembly on Thursday.

What Does Twitter Mean for Foreign Policy | November 2, 2009

Federal Computer Week| Link to story  » The explosion of online media gives democracy activists living in countries such as Iran powerful tools, according to experts and observers who were part of a panel for a recent U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing in Washington. The commission oversees U.S. adoption of a wide-ranging international rights agreement signed in 1975.

Nigeria: 2011 and the Imperatives of Electoral Reform | November 2, 2009

allafrica.com| Link to story  » The enlightenment campaign on electoral reforms organized by the National Democratic Institute NDI for the South South zone has ended in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, drawing participants from across the zone to contribute their views on the on-going process of reform.

Political Parties Agree to Make Parliament Stronger | Nov. 16, 2009

The Nation| Link to story  » Three major parties in Sindh Assembly have agreed to work together to strengthen the role of parliamentary parties to ensure that the parliament is the supreme body in a democracy.

Al-Quds Releases Third Parliamentary Monitoring Report | Nov. 19, 2009

Amman Net| Link to story  (Arabic)» Al Quds Center for Political Studies, one of NDI-Jordan's civil society partners, released its third parliamentary monitoring report which covered the extraordinary session of parliament held in July and August of 2009.

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