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
November 28, 2011, 5:22 pm
Carter Center Observes Challenging DRC Elections, Committed to Country’s Long-Term Stability
On Nov. 28, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is holding its second democratic multi-party national elections since gaining independence in 1960, and the first to be administered solely by the country’s election commission. Elections in 2006 were overseen by the United Nations.
Photo: G. Dubourthoumieu/The Carter Center
A Congolese woman casts her vote in a polling station in …
November 7, 2011, 2:13 pm
DRC Deaf Voter Education Empowers Those With No Voice
By Max Lockie
Carter Center long-term observer Max Lockie is based in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Center established an office in Kinshasa in August and deployed 10 long-term observers to seven provinces: Kinshasa, Bas-Congo, Oriental Province, North Kivu, South Kivu, Katanga, and Kasai Oriental. In September, the Center deployed another 10 long-term observers to the remaining provinces. They will be …
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 …
January 10, 2011, 3:11 pm
Carter Center Observers Monitor Southern Sudan Referendum on Self-Determination
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
Carter Center observers remain deployed across Sudan and in out-of-country voting locations as voting continues in the referendum on the self-determination of Southern Sudan. Here are images from across Juba on days one and two of voting. Carter Center Photos: D. Hakes
Men in line waiting to vote …
January 6, 2011, 1:01 pm
Sudan Referendum Begins Jan. 9; Observers Prepare to Deploy
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
More than 100 Carter Center observers will be deployed across Sudan and in eight out-of-country voting locations to witness voting in the referendum for the self-determination of Southern Sudan, as part of one of the Center’s largest observation missions. Most observers are currently being briefed in Juba, Sudan, …
December 29, 2010, 3:30 pm
Carter Center Prepares to Observe Sudan Referendum
The people of South Sudan will vote beginning Jan. 9 to decide whether they wish to remain unified with the North or to form a separate country. Hear more about the significance of the upcoming referendum, the challenges ahead, and the Carter Center’s contribution to the process:
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Read “Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Joseph Warioba, …
November 1, 2010, 11:36 am
Voters Show Enthusiasm, Patience in Cote d’Ivoire Elections
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
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Watch election day video with Carter Center intern Aaron Collett.
Outside a polling station in north Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, hundreds of people waited behind closed gates for voting to begin. Women and the elderly sat on chairs they had brought or on …
October 29, 2010, 3:19 pm
Carter Center to Observe Historic Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea Elections Back-To-Back
By John Stremlau
The Carter Center is the only American nongovernmental organization observing the historic presidential elections in Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire, and among the handful of international observers present, we have been deployed longer and more extensively than anyone else. These elections represent the first openly competitive contests for both nations since the end of French colonial rule a half-century ago. Guineans …
September 13, 2010, 8:48 am
Guinea’s Upcoming Runoff Election Critical to Country’s Stability
Guinea’s upcoming runoff presidential election between candidates Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Condé is critical to both the country’s stability and that of the West African region.
Recognizing the importance of this electoral process, The Carter Center has maintained its presence in Guinea since May 2010, with long-term observers deployed throughout the country and reporting back to the Center on …
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