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La Commune en questions…
“La Commune en questions…” is a pamphlet, available in French, intended to instruct youth in the importance of Communes in the wake of the upcoming Municipal Election of 2000 in Mali. The pamphlet, published in the year 2000 by the Mission of Decentralization, is split up into different chapters covering topics such as how communes are organized, who works in communes, how representatives of communes are chosen and what youth can do in communes. Each chapter ends with a citation from a legal text which covers issues of decentralization.
Election Material
Ballot
Mali Municipal Ballot 1998
Ballot papers used for the election of Communal Counselors in Mali. The election was held on 21 June 1998.
Election Material
Ballot
Mali General Election Ballot 1997
Ballot papers used during the 30 July 1997 Parliamentary election in Mali. This was the second Parliamentary election held in 1997, after the results of the earlier April elections were annuled by the Constitutional Court.
Election Material
Ballot
Mali Presidential Ballot 1997
Ballot papers from the first round of the Malian Presidential election held on 11 May 1997. As many parties boycotted the election, the main candidate was Alpha Oumar KONARE.
Election Material
Ballot
Mali Presidential Ballot 1997
Presidential ballot papers used in the Malian Presidential election held on 11 May 1997.
Election Material
Ballot
Mali Sample Presidential Ballot 1991
Draft sample ballot for Mali. After the overthrow of Moussa TRAORE, Mali worked towards a multi-party democracy, and working with international organizations, created draft ballots such as this one.
News & Updates
Interview/Speech/Testimony
Turning the Page: Malians Vote for a New President
On July 28, Malians cast ballots for their next President. This was the first nationwide poll under a new constitution adopted after a March 2012 coup d’état that overthrew then President Amadou Toumanu Touré.
This election is considered an important next step in Mali’s return to democracy.
Stephanie Buell, IFES Program Coordinator for Francophone West Africa, provides a look at Election Day from Bamako.
This election is considered an important next step in Mali’s return to democracy.
Stephanie Buell, IFES Program Coordinator for Francophone West Africa, provides a look at Election Day from Bamako.
News & Updates
Interview/Speech/Testimony
A Look at Mali's November 24, 2013 Elections
On Sunday, November 24, Mali held legislative elections, marking the second set of polls held in the country in 2013. IFES' team in Mali answers some questions about Election Day in November and what comes next.
News & Updates
Feature
Learning by Gaming: Democrapoli
Within its civic and voter education campaigns in anticipation of the Malian communal elections, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with the Nigerien NGO Groupe de Recherche Action sur la Démocratie et les Systèmes Electoraux (GRADSEL), has developed an educational game called Democrapoli: Elections Communales Mali (Communal Elections Mali).
Publication
Report/Paper
A Pre-Election Technical Assessment Report of Capabilities and Needs: July 8, 1991
Following a public revolt in Mali in 1991, IFES was contracted to conduct an in-depth analysis of the country’s progress in developing a new electoral system and drafting a new constitution, assess the interim government’s ability to administer free and fair elections and make recommendations for the elections. This report summarizes the IFES team’s findings.
July 07, 1991