Mirador Electoral Final Election Observation Report
Mirador Electoral final election observation report: To help safeguard the integrity of Guatemala’s 2015 elections, NDI and nine-member local observation coalition, Electoral Watch (Mirador Electoral), conducted a comprehensive program to monitor the pre-election environment as well as the electoral process and polls on election day. Each member organization specialized in different topics: media monitoring, transparency, quick counts, political and electoral processes, electoral and democratic integrity, electoral conflict and violence, and the political participation of women, indigenous peoples, and youth. The coalition was established in 2003 and focuses on research, analysis, discussion and communication of electoral and democratic processes. In 2015, the coalition’s objective was to promote and strengthen citizen participation as well as the credibility of the electoral process and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). Through their regular reports and press conferences, the coalition provided recommendations to improve government and electoral transparency as well as increase the effectiveness of the electoral process. Their final report, which was shared with the TSE in 2016, provides a comprehensive overview of the electoral process and the coalition’s observation efforts as well as recommendations for reforms.