Stories about Elections from August, 2007
Ecuador: Reporting Internet Campaign Expenses
Christian Espinoza of Cobertura Digital [ES] links to an article that discusses the fact that internet advertisement for the upcoming Constituent elections is not regulated, but should be reported as a campaign expense.
Kazakhstan: Elections
Sean Roberts analyses the importance of today's parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, and finds that the real results of the poll will only be clear over the course of the next year.
Ukraine: Another Election Campaign
Mark MacKinnon writes about yet another election campaign in Ukraine – yet “another farce.”
Zimbabwe: Rigging Zimbabwe's 2008 elections
Mugabe has started rigging next year's elections: “Even though they plan to rig the election as usual, they want to give the result a semblance legitimacy by polling the largest number of votes. Some of the stages of the plans have already been implemented, the events in the past 3...
Hong Kong: Business Sector Wants To Keep Functional Constituency
Charles Mok blogs about the discussion in a seminar organized by the business sector on the consultation of future election system in Hong Kong. The business sector expressed their wishes to keep the functional constituency in Legislation Council. Charles commented that Hong Kong people are ready for universal suffrage, and...
Sierra Leone: Election update
Sierra Leone election update: “If you don't know by now let me be the first to say that THERE WILL BE A RUN OFF….No political party will be able to get 55% of the votes in this first round. Also there are many of my friends in the diaspora who...
Jamaica: Interesting Elections?
“For the first time in Jamaica’s political history has it been so exciting…it will be a tight race to Jamaica House.” Jamaican Lifestyle thinks the island's upcoming elections are going to be interesting…
Kazakhstan: Crisis and Elections
The upcoming parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan are a foregone conclusion and the hitherto booming banking sector is on the verge of sliding into a deep crisis. This and more in this week's blogosphere update.
Russia: Bomb Derails Train
A passenger train on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg was derailed Monday night by a homemade bomb set along railroad tracks. No one was killed, but some 60 passengers of the more than 230 on board were injured, at least three of them seriously. For a while, Russian bloggers were ahead of the Russian media on this story.
Sierra Leone: frustrated voters
Voters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, were like frustrated dancers: “If the frustrated dancer is not given the floor or if the rules of the dancing competition were changed immediately to pose unexpected challenges for him, then this anxious dancer can return home a permanently frustrated man.”
Sierra Leone: election update
Sierra Leone election update: “Pre-Elections Last Week, the first ever presidential debates were held in Freetown at Lagoonda Entertainment Complex and this young wannabe scored tickets curtesy of a friend with the BBC. All parties were represented at the Debate besides the SLPP….Berewa refused to attend the debate because as...
Poland: “Political Purgatory”
Vilhelm Konnander writes about “a prolonged political purgatory” that awaits Poland following the early parliamentary election.
Ukraine: Update on Politics
Europhobia posts an update on the current political situation in Ukraine and calls to the EU to take action: “Ukraine is simply too important a neighbour to just sit back and ignore – yet that is what the EU has largely been happy to do for much of the last...
Lebanon: Analyzing the By–Election Results
Are you interested in finding out the different interpretations for the results of the by–elections held last week in Lebanon? Then you have to read this week’s round up of the Lebanese blogosphere.
South Korea: Presidential Election
Victor Foo from Ohmynews wrote an article concerning the upcoming presidential election in South Korea.
Sierra Leone: facts about Sierra Leone elections
Facts about the Sierra Leone elections: * More than half of the voters are under 35 years old. * There are 7 presediential contenders. * There are 566 parliamentary candidates for 112 parliamentary seats. * Ballots have been transported by trucks, canoes and porters to some 6,176 polling stations in...
Sierra Leone: post-election day
Post-election day in Sierra Leone: “Sunday, August 12. remained quiet overnight which means that we no longer have a curfew. So this morning I went to church with a couple of others. I love the church I go to now- it feels like home. Amazing pastor, friendly people, beautiful surroundings....
Jamaica: Politcal Debates
“Your guess is as good as mine,” writes Jamaica and the World, talking about what effect, if any, the political debates will have, while Francis Wade thinks that the Jamaican electorate is “divided between ‘Amen’ people and ‘thinking people’.”
Slovenia: “Continuous Electoral Campaign”
Sleeping With Pengovsky writes about the “continues electoral campaign” in Slovenia: it began in 2006 and will end in 2012.
Jamaica: Nomination Day
“Yesterday was nomination day, the day when candidates officially registered their votes. This is one of the big landmarks in the election trail, and everyone was watching closely to see what the level of violence would be like.” ComPromise reports from Jamaica.
Trinidad & Tobago: Copping Out?
“Not only did he…utter this racial diatribe about people from Lavantille moving into Central Trinidad, people from the COP appear to be not too bothered by it.” Manicou shares his thoughts about Trinidad and Tobago's latest political faux pas.
