Boundary delimitation is a crucial stage in the electoral cycle. It plays a significant role in ensuring proportional political representation through adherence to the one person – one vote – one value (OPOVOV) principle.
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International IDEA and the Office of the Election Commissioner of Mauritius (OEC) recently re-joined forces to organize a Protecting Elections Capacity Development Workshop in Port Louis. The workshop served as a sequel to the event held in February earlier this year and aimed to further empower national stakeholders in protecting electoral integrity.
IDEA Internacional y la Oficina del Comisionado Electoral de Mauricio (OEC) recientemente volvieron a unir fuerzas para organizar un Taller de Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Protección de Elecciones en Port Louis. El taller sirvió como secuela del evento celebrado en febrero a principios de este año y tenía como objetivo empoderar aún más a las partes interesadas nacionales en la protección de la integridad electoral.
Electoral management in the United Kingdom is decentralised and largely delivered by local authorities with local government is a strong feature of governance and democracy. The national Electoral Commission was established in 2000 to provide advice and guidance on election administration and to regulate the financing of political parties.
International IDEA and the Office of the Election Commission of Mauritius (OEC) recently organized a Protecting Elections Workshop in Port Louis, bringing together various national organizations with the mandate to organize or support elections to jointly map challenges to electoral integrity and identify courses of action.
This Discussion Paper reviews the performance of 16 lobbying registers according to 3 interlinked dimensions: (a) transparency; (b) regulatory capacity; and (c) interoperability. Under ‘transparency’, the paper examines the scope of lobbying information collected by the register in question, as well as how that information is administered and subsequently disclosed.
As part of Meeting Minds 2023, Head of Division Professor Tim Power hosted the panel ‘Democratic backsliding: liberal democracy at risk’. The session was very well-attended, tempting a large crowd away from the glorious September sunshine.
The year 2020 was very challenging for electoral stakeholders and administrators Indonesia; direct local elections were held simultaneously in all regions of the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Compounding this challenge, the 2020 direct local elections were held on 9 December, which coincides with the peak period of the rainy season in Indonesia.
While the the United Kingdom is often considered to have one of the most transparent political finance systems, it is still unclear how more than 1 in every GBP 10 was spent at the last UK general election.