Despite delays caused by investigations of fraud in the aftermath of Afghanistan's Aug. 20 elections, the process should be allowed to run its course so that the government that eventually results is viewed as legitimate by the Afghan people, Peter Manikas, director of Asia programs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), said in testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia.

NDI's latest report on public opinion in Sudan, entitled Imagining the Election, explores what citizens in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas know and expect of the country's planned 2010 parliamentary and presidential elections.

NDI is pleased to announce the release of its latest report on public opinion in Sudan. Entitled Imagining the Election, the report explores what citizens in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas know and expect of the country's planned 2010 vote.