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ON THE HORIZON
An election worker performing an audit. As democracies around the world increasingly use technology in their electoral processes, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has released a publication, Direct Democracy: Progress and Pitfalls of Election Technology that sheds light into the benefits and limitations of technology in elections.
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FEATURES
After decades of dictatorship and military rule, Guinea is on the verge of becoming a true democracy. The last remaining hurdles on its path to legitimate elections are corrections that must be made to the electoral system before the presidential runoff.
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Kosovo’s declared independence in 2008 has brought about significant changes to the country’s administration of elections, including the ability to conduct successful elections without foreign assistance.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Group photo of the workshop participants and IFES staff in Egypt
Following the presidential and legislative elections held in May, the Philippines will hold local elections on October 25, 2010. In these elections, Filipinos will vote for Barangay (village) and SK (youth council) representatives. Registration for these elections took place in August throughout the country. During the registration process, the registrants’ digital photo, thumbprints and digital signature are taken by the data-capturing machines or "DCMs".
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FIELD NOTEBOOK
Central part of Tbilisi, Georgia I was in Guatemala for nine days to continue research on our new program in the country. The program is designed to provide technical assistance to the TSE in various fields including the voter roll, voter information strategy design, and assisting the TSE to establish feasible mechanisms to monitor the political campaign expenditure.
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