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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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Accompanying Sri Lankan Electoral Institutions Toward Successful Reforms
IFES' ongoing work in Sri Lanka, through which it partners with the Election Commission to strengthen transparency, electoral integrity and inclusion in the democratic process, demonstrates four strategies that anchor electoral reform initiatives in local priorities, international standards and comparative examples.
News & Updates
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The Principles of Election Reporting
Sri Lanka’s upcoming local government election will introduce numerous changes to the electoral system. The public will need to be informed of these changes in a balanced, impartial and fair manner. To meet this need, on January 8 and 9, IFES organized a two-day media training on principles of election reporting for 37 journalists from Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities from across the country.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Guia paso a paso
“Guide: Step by Step” is an electoral handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 2006 by the Supreme Electoral Council in Nicaragua in lead up to the November 5, 2006 Nicaraguan General Elections. The handbook is supposed to instruct the polling station officials about their responsibilities before and during the elections and to serve as guidance through the voting procedures. Additionally, the guide contains examples of the documents needed by the polling station officials when following the required voting procedures.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Constitucion Politica de la Republica de Nicaragua
“The Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua” is the official publication of the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua, available in Spanish, issued in 2003 by the Secretariat of Legal Affairs of the Presidency of Nicaragua. The text of the constitution embodies the approved reforms of 2000. The constitution consists of 11 articles, some of them incorporating matters of national defense, general principles, Nicaraguan nationality, Education and Culture, and the structure of the state institutions.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Regulations on Electoral Conduct
Regulations on Electoral Conduct
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Law on Reform of Electoral Law
Law on Reform of Electoral Law
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Nicaragua: Election Observation Mission
This report summarizes the IFES observation of the general elections in Nicaragua in 1996. The report discusses IFES activities such as
conducting a pre-electoral assessment, providing in situ technical assistance, election education, civic education, and international election observation.
November 30, 1996
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Todos debemos Votar
“We Should All Vote” is a civic education program outline, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 in Nicaragua in lead up to the October 20, 1996 Nicaraguan General Elections. The document outlines the program’s objectives of educating the Nicaraguan youth about the necessity to participate in the electoral process before and during the elections, starting with registering to vote and finishing with the actual voting. The outline presents a plan on the “ad hoc” training for the electoral registration process that professors will implement in the students’ activities programs.