WASHINGTON—The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) are fielding a joint pre-election assessment mission Sept. 9-12 as part of a broader comprehensive mission to observe Tunisia’s fall parliamentary and presidential elections.
TBILISI – The Georgian Dream coalition remains the country’s dominant political force and its leaders continue to be popular, with 42 percent of citizens identifying the coalition as the party closest to them. However, there was a significant drop in the individual favorability ratings of almost all political figures, in a recent poll conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Georgia.
Washington, D.C.—Young men and women from across Africa will discuss how to engage youth in democracy, elections and governance on the continent during two regional consultations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Pretoria, South Africa, Aug. 26-27 and Aug. 29-30, respectively.
TBILISI – A survey of public opinion in Georgia released today by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that nearly 60 percent of Georgians believe the country should join the European Union (EU) rather than the Eurasian Customs Union and are highly supportive (78 percent) of the Georgian government’s stated goal to join the EU.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A set of four open source, web-based software applications that can be easily and cheaply rolled out to help civic groups organize, connect government with constituents, manage election data, and foster civic debate will be unveiled next week by the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
KABUL – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today expressed deep concern over the dispute emerging from Afghanistan’s June 14 presidential runoff election. Candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has withdrawn his supporters from observing the vote tally and threatened to reject the election results, citing what he asserts is the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC’s) high estimated turnout rate as well as bias on the part of IEC officials.
KABUL - Setting the stage for the historic transfer of power from one democratically elected government to the next, Afghans came out in large numbers June 14 to participate in the nation's first presidential runoff election.
KYIV, UKRAINE—By conducting a generally well-run presidential election in the face of significant challenges, Ukrainians achieved a democratic milestone, according to the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which released a preliminary statement today with the findings of its international election observation mission for Sunday’s polls.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2014
Contact:
Steve Duwa, Malawi Electoral Support Network, 0888644813
BLANTYRE - Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre. While voting is still underway at 45 polling stations, the process has concluded for the vast majority of the country.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2014
Contact:
Steve Duwa, Malawi Electoral Support Network, 0888644813
BLANTYRE - MESN Observers report that while a significant number of polling stations opened late across the country, particular in southern region as previously reported by MESN, that as of 8:00am at least 85% of polling stations were open and that as of mid-day at least 95% were open.
