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IFES 2006 Media Appearances
Rudolph Elbling examines whether Nigeria’s election commission is wholly independent.
December 14, 2006
Voice of America
Kyle Lemargie discusses IFES' survey work covering Aceh's historic elections.
December 7, 2006
VOA Indonesia
Keith Henderson writes about anti-corruption measures in Asia for the APEC E-Newsletter.
November 1, 2006
www.apec.org
Chris Hennemeyer spoke about second round elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
October 25, 2006
WAMU “The Kojo Nnamdi Show”
Pablo Galarce discussed Ecuador’s election with “Foro Interamericano.
October 20, 2006
Voice of America
High stakes in central Africa
October 16, 2006
International Herald Tribune
Opportunities, pitfalls of RI's new democracy
October 16, 2006
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
… After reliable surveys had been mostly unavailable during the 1999 campaign, the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) and the Lembaga Survei …
Odhikar project to monitor, resolve election violence
October 14, 2006
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Elections specialist weighs influence of Lebanese diaspora on …
October 14, 2006
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
… According to Walecki, senior adviser for political finance at the Washington-based International Foundation for Election Systems, "small and ideology-based …
Cuyahoga poll workers go back to school on voting machines
October 11, 2006
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
… The EAC also is funding the International Foundation for Election Systems' work to develop a guidebook on ways communities can recruit, train and retain poll …
More 2006 Media Appearances...
2006 Yemeni election observers
October 9, 2006
Yemen Times - Sana'a, Yemen
… as 45,000 NGO and political party members were accredited to observe the elections, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI), IFES, Sisters Arabic …
US govt contributes N1.9bn to FG for conduct of 2007 elections
October 6, 2006
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
… National Electoral Commission to manage and administer election. This is being implemented by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems IFES …
Anthony Bowyer discussed the upcoming Tajikistan presidential election.
October 5, 2006
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
For All the Marbles: Eclectic Polling Practices
September 25, 2006
abcnews.go.com
Yemen moves along volatile path to democracy
September 19, 2006
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
… Saleh probably scares a lot of people, because it would bring uncertainty and changes to the settled order," says Paul Harris, director of IFES, a prodemocracy …
Yemen moves along volatile path to democracy
September 19, 2006
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
… Saleh probably scares a lot of people, because it would bring uncertainty and changes to the settled order," says Paul Harris, director of IFES, a prodemocracy …
Yemen: Elections expected to be fraud free, say observers
September 17, 2006
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
… However, leading international electoral support organisations, such as the US-based International Foundation for Election Sytems (IFES), have said that …
Yemen: Much to do in countdown to elections
September 13, 2006
IRINnews.org
Edward Joseph talked about Congo’s runoff elections and their role in the peace process on “Insight.”
August 21, 2006
CNN International
Dickson Bailey talked to Voice of America about electoral reform in Albania.
August 21, 2006
Voice of America
Yemen’s Electoral System: A Comparative Study
August 21, 2006
Yemen Times
Gabrielle Bardall spoke to CNN International about Congo’s runoff election and reports of gunfire in Kinshasa.
August 20, 2006
CNN International
Central Election Committee Decided to Provide Itself with Ink, Equipment and Patience
August 15, 2006
My Capital
Kazakhstani Youth Take a First-Hand Look at Local Government
August 3, 2006
www.usaid.gov
Sanchis-Ruescas talks about the Congo elections with Jamaica’s “Breakfast Club” radio program.
July 31, 2006
www.kpfk.org
Chris Hennemeyer and Carmina Sanchis-Ruescas spoke to KPFK Pacifica Radio about elections in Congo.
July 30, 2006
www.kpfk.org
Campaign season
July 30, 2006
www.stabroeknews.com
Communities tense about potential for electoral violence
July 30, 2006
www.stabroeknews.com
SCER approves election date, ink to be used
July 30, 2006
yementimes.com
Chris Hennemeyer discussed significance of Congo’s election
July 29, 2006
www.cnn.com/
IFES opens Elections Support Center in Osh with USAID financial support
July 28, 2006
www.akipress.com/
Congo's elections
July 27, 2006
www.reliefweb.int
Chris Hennemeyer discussed the Congolese election with VOA’s Washington Forum.
July 27, 2006
www.voanews.com
Chris Hennemeyer spoke about the challenges in preparing for Congo’s election with VOA’s Perspectives.
July 26, 2006
www.voanews.com
Work on Fresh electoral rolls underway, says Dilshad
July 25, 2006
www.onlinenews.com.pk
Chris Hennemeyer discussed the Congolese elections on WAMU’s “The Kojo Nnamdi Show”
July 25, 2006
www.wamu.org
Angola Elections on Track Despite Impediments, U.S. Officials Say
July 24, 2006
usinfo.state.gov
Congo-Kinshasa: IFES Assists in Preparation for Historic Vote
July 24, 2006
allafrica.com
Democratic Republic of Congo Prepares for Elections with Assistance from IFES
July 21, 2006
www.voanews.com
Liberia: Stakeholders Confab Starts Today
July 21, 2006
allafrica.com
Interview with Sanchis-Ruescas "IFES: We are absolutely thrilled to see how determined the Congolese are to go out and vote"
July 20, 2006
www.monuc.orga
Sanchis-Ruescas discusses the DRC's six-page, 800 candidate ballot
July 18, 2006
www.businessday.co.za
www.news24.com
IFES President Answers Questions on Electoral Laws and Systems.
July 13, 2006
usinfo.state.gov
James Vermillion discussed the vote tally in Mexico’s elections with CNN Headline News.
July 6, 2006
www.cnn.com
James Vermillion analyzed the close vote in Mexico with CNN en Español.
July 6, 2006
www.cnn.com/espanol
Opinion Center announces election awareness poll
July 4, 2006
www.newsyemen.net
EAB project aims to monitor, prevent poll violence
July 3, 2006
www.stabroeknews.com
Marguerite Colston discussed the Mexican elections with CNN Radio.
July 2, 2006
www.cnn.com
Nigeria: Stakeholders Reject Electoral Violence
July 1, 2006
http://allafrica.com
IFES President Richard Soudriette discussed the Mexican Election on Voice of America’s Foro Interamericano
June 30, 2006
www.voanews.com
How immigrants make voices heard at home
www.dailyherald.com
Mauricio Claudio López-Rivera talked about political turmoil in East Timor on CNN Today.
www.edition.cnn.com
Marcin Walecki discussed success in adopting political finance reforms in post-conflict countries, including Liberia, on Voice of America’s Africa News Tonight.
www.voanews.com
Nicaragua va a elecciones como un rehen politico
www.alma.fm/intro.htm
Afro-Ecuadorians Strive for Political Rights
www.democracyatlarge.org
The Right Time for Re-engagement
www.democracyatlarge.org
India's Islamic law challenged by women
www.wpherald.com
Pablo Galarce appeared on CNN Espanol to discuss Sunday's presidential elections in Peru.
www.cnn.com/espanol
Mauricio Claudio López-Rivera talked about the recent conflict in East Timor on Voice of America.
www.voanews.com
Pablo Galarce discussed Sunday's presidential elections in Peru on VOA.
www.voanews.com
Don't count on a Suharto accounting
www.atimes.com
WJWC discusses “Women and Civil Community in MEPI”
www.yementimes.com
Vote Counting Row Erupts
www.guadalajarareporter.com
Nigeria: 2007: INEC Begins Voters' Education
www.allafrica.org
Jim Heilman, IFES election specialist, discussed “Blanket Day” in New Orleans on WWNO Public Radio.
www.wwno.org
Richard Soudriette discussed out of country voting.
www.chicagopublicradio.org
Richard Soudriette talked about out of country voting in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
nl.newsbank.com
Volunteers get word out on polling site changes
www.nola.com
Ex-area registrar seeks volunteers to sign up New Orleans voters
www.dailyprogress.org
Journal of Democracy
www.journalofdemocracy.org
Gender Budget
www.financialexpress.org
CE, Baku discuss upcoming poll
www.azernews.net
Repeated Elections Will be Transparent
www.demaz.org
Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Hosts Launch of the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
www.ccnmatthews.com
Workshop on Improvement of Election Practice in Azerbaijan
www.azertag.com
Violaine Autheman discussed IFES’ recent survey on citizens’ attitudes toward the justice system in Kosovo on Voice of America’s Albanian service program.
www.voanews.com
Anhar Jamal, IFES’ senior coordinator in Indonesia, talked about IFES’ work with Indonesian legislators and election assistance initiatives on Voice of America.
www.voanews.com
Students learn on job at council
www.thejakartapost.com
IFES and COE hold conference on Parliamentary by-elections in …
www.azertag.com
Egypt: IFES Begins Electoral Reform Project in Egypt
www.allafrica.com
Nate Van Dusen, IFES’ Africa deputy director, discussed the challenges facing Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister, Charles Konan Banny.
www.voanews.com
Solih Intends To Run For President Despite Political, Legal …
www.rferl.org
Nathan Van Dusen discussed the arrest of former Liberian President Charles
Taylor on Jamaica’s Hot 102 morning radio program.
www.hot102.fm/
Ethiopia "at Crossroads," Warns U.S. Official
usinfo.state.gov
Buiding bridges in a War Zone
by John Moore
www.democracyatlarge.org
Rules do Matter
by Jarrett Blanc
www.democracyatlarge.org
Changing Tactics
by Jeff Fischer
www.democracyatlarge.org
Voting in Abu Ghraib
by Tihana Bartulac-Blanc
www.democracyatlarge.org
In the Shadow of Violence
by Lisa Kammerud
www.democracyatlarge.org
Pablo Galarce spoke to VOA's Latin America division about the upcoming Peruvian election
www.voanews.com
Haitians Recover from Cycle of Violence
www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines
Nate Van Dusen commented on political tension in Nigeria and the country's presidential and general elections next year in the Agence France Presse
www.afp.com
Jeffrey Carlson discussed press freedom in Africa on Voice of America's Africa Journal
www.voanews.com
Regular Sitting of Central Election Commision Held
www.azertag.com
How immigrants make voices heard at home
www.dailyherald.com
Saydullo Khayrulloev met with Katherine Muller
IFES
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www.accra-mail.com
How much do elections cost?
www.accra-mail.com
Re-run parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan step forward as compared to November elections – IFES official
www.trend.az
Vote Counting Row Erupts
www.guadalajarareporter.com
SARAJEVO:
Seminar "Implementation of the law on the financing of political parties"
www.fena.ba
INEC Reiterates Commitment to Staff Training
allafrica.com
NGOs face hostility abroad
www.washingtontimes.com
Chris Hennemeyer appeared on VOA's Africa World Tonight to discuss the outcome of the Feb.23 Ugandan election.
www.voanews.com
Developing democracy needs a change in mindset
www.canada.com
Regular Session of Central Electoral Commission Held
www.azertag.com
Teacher of Kazakhstan - September 2005
IFES
A Lesson From Hamas: Read the Voting Law's Fine Print
www.nytimes.com
An electoral law quirk might have handed Hamas its landslide victory
www.iht.com
Pablo Galarce appeared on CNN Español to discuss final results from the Feb.7 elections in Haiti.
CNN Español
Kazakh CEC chair met IFES mission head
www.inform.kz
Creating a Liberian Service Corps
www.liberianobserver.com
Chairman of PDR met with spokesmen of Republican Institute and IFES
www.trend.az
1 dead in Haiti as vote count protests mount; luxury hotel stormed
www.sun-sentinel.com
Chief makes mission to spread democracy
www.washingtontimes.com
Chris Hennemeyer, IFES' Director of Programs for Africa & MENA, discussed last week's elections in Haiti on CNN International
www.cnn.com
Minor problems reported in presidential voting
www.washingtontimes.com
Do Not Forget the Commission - NEC Boss
allafrica.com
Sitting of CEC New Composition Convenes
www.azertag.com
Huge numbers of Haitians endure waits and frustration at polling stations
www.sun-sentinel.com
Nathan Van Dusen discussed the arrest of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Jamaica’s Hot 102 morning radio program.
www.hot102.fm/
Ethiopia "at Crossroads," Warns U.S. Official
usinfo.state.gov
Buiding bridges in a War Zone
by John Moore
www.democracyatlarge.org
Rules do Matter
by Jarrett Blanc
www.democracyatlarge.org
Changing Tactics
by Jeff Fischer
www.democracyatlarge.org
Voting in Abu Ghraib
by Tihana Bartulac-Blanc
www.democracyatlarge.org
In the Shadow of Violence
by Lisa Kammerud
www.democracyatlarge.org
Pablo Galarce spoke to VOA's Latin America division about the upcoming Peruvian election
www.voanews.com
Haitians Recover from Cycle of Violence
www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines
Nate Van Dusen commented on political tension in Nigeria and the country's presidential and general elections next year in the Agence France Presse
www.afp.com
Jeffrey Carlson discussed press freedom in Africa on Voice of America's Africa Journal
www.voanews.com
Regular Sitting of Central Election Commision Held
www.azertag.com
SARAJEVO: Seminar "Implementation of the law on the financing of political parties"
www.fena.ba
INEC Reiterates Commitment to Staff Training
allafrica.com
NGOs face hostility abroad
www.washingtontimes.com
Chris Hennemeyer appeared on VOA's Africa World Tonight to discuss the outcome of the Feb.23 Ugandan election.
www.voanews.com
Developing democracy needs a change in mindset
www.canada.com
Regular Session of Central Electoral Commission Held
www.azertag.com
A Lesson From Hamas: Read the Voting Law's Fine Print
www.nytimes.com
An electoral law quirk might have handed Hamas its landslide victory
www.iht.com
Polling delays spark clashes in Haiti
www.boston.com
International Mission For Monitoring Haitian Elections Observers Deployment
www.ccnmatthews.com
450,000 NGOs in Russia
www.workers.org
Haitians to pick new president in climate of hope and fear
www.khaleejtimes.com
NEC Boss Wants Presidential, Legislators Tenures Reduced
http://allafrica.com
Chris Hennemeyer, IFES' Director of Programs for Africa & MENA, discussed the presidential and parliamentary elections on Haiti on CNN International
www.cnn.com
Haiti Prepares for Presidential Vote
www.npr.org
Haiti's identity emerges as election draws near
www.sun-sentinel.com
Vote Reaffirms Need for America To Invest in Democracy
www.forward.com
Tirana holds OSCE-sponsored roundtable on voter lists
www.setimes.com
A Lesson in Democracy
www.americanprogress.org
Jarrett Blanc, Chief of Party in the Palestinian territories, discussed the parliamentary elections.
www.cnn.com/CNNI/
Jarrett Blanc, Chief of Party in the Palestinian territories, appeared on BBC World to discuss the parliamentary elections.
news.bbc.co.uk
EE.UU. ofrece ayuda electoral
laprensa.com
Alum Leads Delegation Assisting Palestinian Elections
thecrimson.com
Donor Assistance in Gender and Development
yobserver.com
LG polls hold April
tribune.com.ng
KYRGYZSTAN: Too early to pass judgement on revolution
eurasianet.org
"Bandits to Prison:" Old guard use gas to take revenge in Ukraine elections
jamestown.org
Chris Hennemeyer, IFES' Director of Programs for Africa & MENA, discussed peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Voice of America's "Africa Journal."
voanews.com
Marcin Walecki, IFES senior political finance advisor, discussed political finance in Africa on Voice of America's "Straight Talk."
voanews.com
Contracts Awarded
washingtonpost.com
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