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Making Electoral Processes in Sri Lanka More Inclusive
IFES works closely with disabled persons organizations in Sri Lanka to build a country where all persons with disabilities can exercise their rights to participate in public life.
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New Symptoms, Old Disease: How COVID-19 Has Aggravated Long-Standing Challenges of Election Administration
IFES has identified challenges common across election management bodies and considers how these have been compounded by COVID-19.
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Elections to Watch in 2021
Within the evolving public health crisis and the economic uncertainty that it has wrought, we will witness several consequential elections around the globe in the months ahead.
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Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities
This year's theme is "Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World."
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Strengthening Access to Voting Rights for Sri Lankans with Psychosocial Disabilities
Ahead of Sri Lanka’s recent elections and with IFES' support, Consumer Action Network Mental Health Lanka launched a voter education and advocacy campaign for persons with psychosocial disabilities.
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IFES President on Public Sector Leadership in Crisis
IFES President and CEO Anthony Branbury joined the Boston Consulting Group for an online Public Sector Leadership Roundtable on April 17, 2020. Their conversation focused on identifying critical factors in successful public sector responses to crises.
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Indelible Ink in Elections: Mitigating Risks of COVID-19 Transmission While Maintaining Effectiveness
Many countries use indelible ink to ensure that voters cannot cast multiple ballots. Hand-sanitizing procedures, recommended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, could also affect the ink’s effectiveness. IFES presents some factors election management bodies should consider.
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The Legal Quagmire of Postponing or Modifying Elections
Amidst the uncertainty of COVID-19, many countries are grappling with how to modify election procedures to minimize the risk of transmission or change the system for voting completely to avoid the need for voters to go to the polls. While important and often necessary, these decisions are far from simple. IFES has compiled a list of legal elements to consider in relation to election postponements and modifications.
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Elections and COVID-19 – What We Learned from Ebola
In an op-ed for Devex, IFES' Anthony Banbury shares lessons learned from the Ebola crisis as guidance for holding elections and averting a democracy crisis during COVID-19.
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Emergency Powers and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protecting Democratic Guardrails
Without a strong foundation for democratic resilience, a global health crisis can shock democratic institutions and offer a blank check to governments to use emergency powers to curtail political rights. IFES has identified four indicators that help to understand whether state actions during this time are “limited to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation.”