· May, 2014

Stories about Elections from May, 2014

Civil Society Resumes Watchdog for Guinea-Bissau's Presidential Run-Off

  14 May 2014

Getting set for Guinea-Bissau's presidential run-off on May 18, 2014, the Group of Civil Society Organizations for the Elections (GOSCE) resumed its monitoring activities of the electoral process on May 14.  Live updates from the ground can be followed in the website bissauvote.com, which provides a map of reports that are being collected by a...

Does This Sexist, Violent Video Make You Want to Vote?

  13 May 2014

Denmark's government has officially retracted a violent and pornographic animated video [warning: graphic] that was created to encourage young people to vote in the European Parliament elections this month. The viral video featuring the fictional character “Voteman” was defended by the Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Mogens Lykketoft, this week...

Juan Carlos Varela, New Elected President of Panama

  5 May 2014

Juan Carlos Varela, candidate of the Panameñista party, won the presidential elections in Panama, held on Sunday, May 4, 2014. Varela got 39% of the votes after counting over 60% of polling stations, that was 32% more than José Domingo Arias, of Cambio Democrático, and more than 27% than Juan...