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Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations
Mechanisms for election dispute resolution must increasingly withstand new forms of sophisticated political and electoral manipulation. A new IFES research paper, Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations, outlines the fundamental principles for procedural justice and open justice in election cases.
June 12, 2018
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Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Election Disputes
In an effort to guide stakeholders to effectively resolve election complaints, IFES has identified seven principle international standards in electoral complaints adjudication, outlined in this paper.
February 14, 2011
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Global Trends in The Regulation of Political Finance
This paper deals with the role of money in politics, and in particular with certain efforts by countries around the world to regulate this role. In the current world (and probably since we first started organising ourselves politically), money in politics or political finance as we commonly know it is a central aspect of any political system, whether democratic or undemocratic, "developed" or "developing" and regardless of political culture or tradition.
February 14, 2011
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International Election Support: Helping or Hindering Democratic Elections?
Based on an analysis of the potential effectiveness of various modalities of electoral support utilized by international donors to promote democracy, this paper seeks to identify whether improvements to those democracy-promoting tools are warranted.
February 14, 2011
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Political Finance in Post-Conflict Societies
This study of political finance in post-conflict society identifies lessons learned from international donor-funded efforts to support political processes in post-conflict environments in general and the funding of political parties and campaign finance in particular. The document consists of eight case studies that seek to improve our understanding not only of the political dynamics of post-conflict situations but also of how to rally international support for holding elections and supporting democratization under such circumstances.
April 30, 2006
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Macedonia Final Report, May 2000-March 2002
This report summarizes IFES programming in Macedonia under the Europe and Eurasia Cooperative Agreement beginning with the 2000 pre-election technical assessment and concluding with initial 2002 parliamentary election preparations. Since April 2002, all IFES programming in Macedonia has been conducted under the CEPPS 2 funding mechanism and is covered in separate reports to USAID.
May 31, 2002
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General Voters List Database Integrity Analysis, Final Report
This report discusses the approach and methodology used in Macedonia’s General Voter’s List. Detailed analysis graphs and charts of various database integrity test results can be found in the General Voters Lists (included in the report).
February 28, 2001
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General Voters List Database Integrity Analysis, Final Report, Supporting Documentation
This document contains the supporting documents to the General Voters List Database Integrity Analysis and discusses the approach and methodology used in Macedonia’s General Voter’s List. Detailed analysis graphs and charts of various database integrity test results can be found in the General Voters Lists (included in the report).
February 28, 2001
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General Voters List Database Integrity Analysis, Log Documentation
This document contains the supporting documents to the General Voters List Database Integrity Analysis and discusses the approach and methodology used in Macedonia’s General Voter’s List. Detailed analysis graphs and charts of various database integrity test results can be found in the General Voters Lists (included in the report).
February 28, 2001
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Guide to Creating an Electoral System: Goals, Essential Characteristics, Positive and Negative Sides
December 31, 2000