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Election Tools and Resources

• PRESS Election Materials Archive
• Key Resources
• Election Observation Checklists
• Observation Reports
• Election Standards Initiatives
• Regional Election Resources
• Democracy: Technical Capacity and Support Links

Key Resources

• IFES gives description of IFES involvement in elections. Provides interesting .pdf file on election observing guidelines, questions and forms that election observers should fill out.

• Ace Electoral Knowledge Network  Information resource on election administration.

• Adam Carr's Election Archives great resource, website maintained by author Adam Carr, contains up to date information on elections all over the world, updated frequently. Also has maps of electoral districts.

• Arab Election Law Compendium The compendium addresses the neglected topic of electoral systems in the Arab world. It includes full texts of laws, background on the election process in ten Arab countries and detailed analysis of each law prepared by notable regional experts.

• Election Resources  Contains links to country specific pages also a multitude of other helpful links when investigating election policy, candidates, etc.

• Election Guide provides election calendars, information on electoral structures, parties and candidates, and previous elections. Links to country election authorities, summaries of election results, data on voter turnout, and real-time results. It also offers selective links to the best information on each election.

• CNN Election Watch clear concise information on international elections. Results of previous elections and notifications of upcoming elections.

• Lijphart Election Archivescollection of district-level election results for 26 countries.

• Comparative Study of Electoral Systemscomprehensive database of elections information from around the world

• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

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Election Observation Checklists

• Manual on Human Rights Monitoring: Annex 2 (.pdf)

• CODEO: Ghanna (p. 31) (.pdf)

• AREU: Appendix 3 (.pdf)

• Zimbabwe Election Support Network (.pdf)

• ODIHR/OSCE Election Observation Handbook: Annex B (.pdf)

• WACSOF: Appendix 5 (.pdf)

• International Idea: From International Electoral Standards: Guidelines for reviewing the legal framework of elections (.pdf)

• IMIE: Appendix 2 (.pdf) html document

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Observation Report Links

• OAS:Department of Democratic and Political Affairs

• ODIHR: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

• Carter Center

• NDI: National Democratic Institute

• Commonwealth Secretariat

• European Union: Election Assistance and Observation Reports

• European Parliament:Election Observation in Third Countries

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Election Standards Initiatives

• OHCHR:  Compilation of documents or texts adopted and used by various intergovernmental, international, regional and sub regional organizations aimed at promoting and consolidating democracy

• OSCE: Election Principles and Existing OSCE Commitments for Democratic Elections

• OSCE: Second Conference on Human Dimension of the CSCE- Copenhagen Document- 1990

• OSCE: Istanbul Summit 1999 (Declaration Starts on pg. 46)

• OSCE/ODIHR: International Standards and Commitments on the Right to Democratic Elections- Practical Guide to Democratic Elections Best Practice -2002

• IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections 1994

• IPU: Free and Fair Elections New and Expanded Edition 2006

• AU: Draft AU Declaration on Elections, Democracy and Governance 2003

• AU: African Union Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa

• SADC: Parliamentary Forum, Norms and Standards for Elections in SADC Region 2001

• SADC: Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections

• Council of Europe: Venice Commission- Guidelines on Elections 2002

• Council of Europe: Resolution 1264 (2001) Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters

• ACEEEO: Draft Convention on Election Standards, Electoral Rights and Freedoms (2002)

• European Court of Human Rights: Mathieu-Mohin and Clerfayt v. Belgium (1987)

• NDI: Democratic Elections: Human Rights, Public Confidence and Fair Competition 1994

• IFES: Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities

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Regional Election Resources

• Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe Project  provides Eastern European regional information on democratic transitions from communist  states. Focuses primarily on former members of USSR, provides election results, candidate data, and constituency data. Sponsored by University of Essex.

• Eurasia Net - user friendly site, very easy to use, includes maps of regions, recent headlines, and resource links in every category imaginable. All information pertains to Eurasia.

• Political Database of the Americas Regional information for the Americas. Useful for simple statistics on election results and candidate winning percentages, also has links to constitutions and information about political structures.

• African Elections Database comprehensive user friendly resource on elections in Africa, updated frequently

• Political Database on the Americas A comprehensive site run by Georgetown University

• EISA South African run resource on elections and government in Africa.  Updated frequently with relevant information on African nations.

• ACEEEO Website for the organization supporting Central and Eastern European election officials.

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Democracy: Technical Capacity and Support Links 

• NDI: National Democratic Institute

• IRI- International Republican Institute

• USAID Democracy and Governance

• Freedom House

• National Endowment for Democracy

• CEIP- Democracy and Rule of Law

• Carter Center

• UNDP Democratic Governance Program

• UN Electoral Assistance Division

• South African Development Community- Parliamentary Forum

• OSCE: Election Observation Handbook - 5th Edition

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