Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter joined a 40-member Carter Center delegation to witness the third phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections Jan. 10-11. The delegation, deployed in Egypt since mid-November for the three-phase election, represents 21 countries. In addition to witnessing the polling and counting, President Carter and the Carter Center leadership team met with key stakeholders, including the Supreme Judicial …
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January 11, 2012, 2:18 pm
On The Ground in Cairo: Carter Center Delegation Witnesses Third Phase of Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections
By Deborah Hakes
October 12, 2011, 1:39 pm
Voting Day: Liberia’s Oct. 11 Presidential and Legislative Elections
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes, assistant director of the Carter Center’s Office of Public Information, reports from Liberia, where the Carter Center’s international election observation team monitored the country’s Oct. 11 elections.
All Photos: D. Hakes/The Carter Center
Liberians lined up to vote on a rainy morning in Monrovia on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Credible elections in 2011 are a key test of whether …
October 3, 2011, 9:51 am
On the Ground in Northwest Tunisia: Rural Voters Hope Elections Bring Much-Needed Change
By Marwa Alkhairo
Marwa Alkhairo is a Carter Center long-term election observer in northwest Tunisia and Bizerte.
“La bas alaik” and “ca va,” means “are you well,” one phrase said in Arabic, and one in French.
These two greetings are indicative of the complexity that one immediately notices upon reaching northwest Tunisia. A largely rural area that is proud of its Arab and …
August 17, 2010, 10:26 am
Carter Center Experts Publish Article on Obligations for Democratic Elections
A groundbreaking project to identify and foster concensus on common standards for what constitutes a genuinely democratic election is the focus of a recently-published article in Democratization by Carter Center Democracy Program Assistant Director Avery Davis-Roberts and Director David Carroll. The article’s premise–that use of public international law provides an objective basis by which to assess elections–has also led the …
June 28, 2010, 11:09 am
Guineans Vote Peacefully in Country’s First Democratic Election Since Independence
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
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Polls opened Sunday morning in Conakry to pouring rain, from which voters sought relief under trees and building overhangs. This was followed by a baking and relentless sun that lasted all day, as …
June 25, 2010, 9:42 pm
Guineans Enthusiastic for Sunday’s Election; Preparations Continue
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
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Through the open second-story window of a mayor’s office outside Conakry, Guinea, came the sounds of hundreds of people passing by, some blowing on whistles and shouting for candidates, others riding in or on cars with horns and speakers blaring. Above the …
June 11, 2010, 9:15 am
Guinea Elections: Carter Center Long-Term Observer Blogs From The Field
Peter Blair is a long-term observer (LTO) for the Carter Center’s election observation mission in Guinea. Blair graduated with a degree in politics from the University of Nottingham, interned with the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program, and worked as a media and communications assistant for Oxfam Ireland.
(Text and photos: P. Blair)
Long-term observer Peter Blair in Guinea
The atmosphere …
May 14, 2010, 3:23 pm
Delegation Observes Challenges to Electronic Voting Technologies in Philippines
By Avery Davis Roberts, assistant director, Carter Center Democracy Program, and Amber Davis, assistant project coordinator, Carter Center Democracy Program
The Carter Center deployed a limited observation mission to observe the use of voting technology to the Philippines’ May 10 election as part of its Democratic Election Standards project, which includes addressing the challenges of observing electronic voting technologies as …
April 15, 2010, 10:42 am
Final Day of Voting in Sudan; Carter Center Observes Across Country
By Deborah Hakes
Watch Carter Center observers in Sudan as Sarah Johnson, assistant director of the Democracy Program, explains the significance of these elections and importance of having an observer presence.
April 12, 2010, 6:10 pm
Elections Begin in Sudan; Carter Center Observes
By Deborah Hakes
In Sudan, people across the country began voting on Sunday. Here are images from the first two days of balloting. This is the 78th election observed by The Carter Center.
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