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The Senate's Special Committee on Election Issues on Tuesday briefed a visiting delegation of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) on the upcoming general polls. The six-member NDI delegation led by Peter M. Manikas, senior associate and regional director for Asia programmes, is currently visiting Pakistan to launch their report on Friday--based on findings about the pre-election scenario.

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Inexpensive mobile phones and online maps are bringing new levels of transparency to elections across the continent...

Pat Merloe, director of electoral programs at the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), described such efforts as an "advance in transparency in Africa and around the world". But he called attention to the limitations of web-based efforts to monitor elections.

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A US-based nonprofit organisation on Tuesday said Jordan will need to “clarify the process of government formation” to achieve His Majesty King Abdullah’s vision of parliamentary governments.

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17 international observers will monitor the elections to local councils in Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz Central Election Commission (CEC) informed.

Reportedly, the observers from Georgia, Kazakhstan, the National Democratic Institute and the U.S International Republican Institute, the East-West Center, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems from Turkmenistan and the United States have been accredited.

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Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan has registered six international observers for election of deputies to the local councils. The decision was made at today’s session.

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Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said Jordan is committed to holding free and transparent parliamentary elections and providing all needed support to the Independent Elections Commission, IEC which will oversee and manage the polls.

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he Interior Ministry is prepared to issue preprinted ballots for next year’s parliamentary elections regardless of the electoral system ultimately chosen, the head of the ministry’s election unit said Monday.

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President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has ruled Georgia virtually unchallenged for nearly nine years, declared Tuesday that his party had lost parliamentary elections and would go into opposition.

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The parliamentary elections started in Georgia. Around 14 parties and two political blocks take part in the elections. The Parliament will receive more authority in 2013 after the amendments to the Constitution enter into force. The president's power will be reduced. The elections will be declared valid if the number of voters reaches one-third...

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