As an audit of Afghanistan’s runoff presidential election ballots continues, NDI has added preliminary runoff results to its Afghanistan election data website. The data, released last month by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission, show preliminary results of the runoff between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, including turnout information and a comparison of the results of the April 5 first round and June 14 second round results.

It’s a beautiful, sunny morning as Trizza Ndalama from Zomba District, Malawi, finishes packing her legumes to sell at her local market. She notes that for many years she has made little profit on her produce. “I can only sell at the Chingale market nearby, which is not that viable,” Ndalama said. “The big market where I can sell the produce at a reasonable profit is very far from this village and the road is very bad.”

Guatemala has been plagued by electoral violence for decades. It includes intimidation of voters, and harassment, assaults and even assassinations of candidates, their families and activists by organized criminal groups and drug traffickers.

At the first global event of its kind, election experts from more than 25 countries on five continents came together in Mexico City in early June to discuss ways to promote electoral integrity and strengthen election observation around the world.

The attendees – citizen observers, international observers and election officials – gathered with the goal of enhancing the transparency, accountability and inclusiveness of elections worldwide by forging new channels of communication among the three communities.