April 2014 is election season in Macedonia. On Sunday, April 13, Macedonians began casting votes for a new president and a new parliament.
As is the case with the electoral process in many countries in the age of the Internet, much of the information related to these elections will be readily available online. Global Voices has collected a list of some of the resources Internet users can use to follow the elections in Macedonia, as well as a quick calendar of the voting dates.
Macedonia 2014 elections calendar:
Day | Activity |
April 12, Saturday | Electoral silence begins | April 13, Sunday | First Round of Presidential Elections |
April 26, Saturday | Electoral silence begins | April 27, Sunday | Second Round of Presidential Elections Early Parliamentary Elections |
Key websites to follow:
Twitter hashtags:
Websites and Twitter accounts of the presidential candidates and their political parties (numbers reflect the order of candidates on the ballot):
Komunikacii blog has published a concise and interesting analysis of the slogans [mk], while a Balkanist article “Elections in Macedonia: The Land of Promises” neatly sums up some of the major issues.
The early parliamentary elections in Macedonia have the same general cast as in 2011.