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Official Kenya Election Results are Consistent with ELOG's Parallel Vote Tabulation

Author:  Election Observation Group (ELOG) Kenya Publisher:  ELOG Published Date:  03/09/2013 Resource Type:  Statement Language:  English The official election results are consistent with ELOG Kenya's paralle vote tabulation (PVT). An ELOG observer texts his report in. According to its statement on the parallel vote tabulation and observation of the voting process in Kenya, ELOG is confident that the election day process has been generally credible. It calls on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to immediately make public any information relevant and material to the results as announced. More specifically, ELOG calls on the IEBC to make public the individual results from all polling streams.

The New Political System in Kyrgyzstan and Its Impact on Sustainable Development

Start: 03/11/2013 03:30 Timezone: America/New York Location:  National Democratic Institute, 455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. Speakers: Hon. Kanybek Imanaliev, Member of Parliament, Ar Namys Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affars Hon. Karganbek Samakov, Member of Parliament, Ata Meken Date & Time: Monday, March 11, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Location:National Democratic Institute, 455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C.

Not All Elections Are Worthy of the Name

Source:  Foreign Policy Article Link:  Read More Published Date:  03/01/2013 You can’t have a democracy without elections, but that does not mean that all elections are democratic. Authoritarian regimes often use elections as a way to claim legitimacy, rather than to actually further democracy. Elections matter, says Foreign Policy’s Jeffrey Gedmin. He argues that Iran is an example of a country which claims to have a democratically elected government, even as its government uses tactics like monitoring the population, barring international media, and restricting access to the Internet and mobile phones to stifle protests.

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