Elections represent a multi-level and complex process that requires adequate logistics and staffing. Critical infrastructure is required – thousands of available and equipped rooms, appropriate equipment (booths and ballot boxes, ballot papers and protocols, stationeries), a well-worked electoral rolls, a configured and protected system of election data transmission, etc. – to let millions of citizens […]
You enter the polling station, get your ballot, put a tick on it and cast it into the ballot box. You just have to wait till evening when the results of national exit-polls are announced. Already in a couple of minutes after closure of polling stations you come to know who ‘has won’, and who […]
A voter leaves a polling station in Moscow on March 18. The presidential election handed Vladimir Putin an easy victory, giving him a mandate until 2024. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News) On March 18, 2018, Russians reelected President Vladimir Putin by a huge margin. Official reports say that 67 percent of voters went to the […]
… You enter the polling station. You come to the tables at which commission members are sitting. One of them checks your passport, finds your name on the list of voters, and, if everything is ok, gives you a ballot. In the voting booth you put a tick against the selected candidate and cast the […]
On October 25, 2015 local election was held. It became the last in the election cycle launched with early presidential election in May 2014. As compared to the 2010 local election, the 2015 election process was distinguished for two circumstances. First – before its commencement the election legislation had been changed, the change presupposing introduction […]
Election, as a democratic governance tool, is impossible without two things – people and money. Sometimes these things are interconnected. For instance, when labour remuneration of members of election commisions is meant. In the final report, published after the presidential election of May 25, 2014, the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission states: ‘OSCE/ODIHR observers informed that […]
Erik S. Herron Eberly Family Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics West Virginia University 316 Woodburn Hall, PO Box 6317 Morgantown, WV 26506 esherron@mail.wvu.edu Nazar Boyko Director CIFRA Group, L’viv, Ukraine nazarboyko83@gmail.com Michael Thunberg Department of Political Science John D. Rockefeller IV School […]
This paper was prepared for the 2015 Midwest Political Science Association Conference. The authors thank Andriy Magera and Ukraine’s Central Electoral Commission for access to personnel data and support in conducting personnel surveys; IFES for technical assistance in developing the surveys and permission to interview subjects at IFES sessions; Michael Thunberg for research assistance; and […]
Erik S. Herron Eberly Family Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics West Virginia University 316 Woodburn Hall, PO Box 6317 Morgantown, WV 26506 esherron@mail.wvu.edu Nazar Boyko Director CIFRA Group, L’viv, Ukraine nazarboyko83@gmail.com The authors thank Andriy Magera of Ukraine’s Central Electoral Commission […]
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By Erik Herron and Nazar Boyko A Ukrainian policeman stands in front of a voting booth as he secures the polling station in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), western Ukraine May 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel As part of our continuing series of Monkey Cage Election Reports, the following is a pre-election […]
BY ERIK HERRON May 18 at 8:00 am Joshua Tucker: As part of our continuing series of election reports, the following is a pre-election report from University of Kansas political scientist Erik Herron. He is currently working with the Committee for Open Democracy on its election observation mission for Ukraine’s 2014 Early Presidential Election and […]
Erik S. Herron University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Nazar Boyko Cifra Group, L ´ viv, Ukraine ABSTRACT The triumph of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine’s 2010 presidential election raised questions about the continuation of democratic electoral practices instituted after the Orange Revolution. Local elections provided the first opportunity to assess these practices under the […]
Erik S. Herron University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Nazar Boyko Cifra Group, L ´ viv, Ukraine ABSTRACT Horizontal accountability, in which institutional actors with equivalent levels of authority possess tools to challenge one another, is a critical component of mature and stable democracy. This article investigates ways in which partisanship differentiates how political […]
District electoral commissions continue to work through the protocols and report results to the Central Electoral Commission. As of 9:00 am (Kyiv time) on Tuesday, just over 86% of the results have been entered into the CEC database. Some districts have been slower than others and the failure to have more reports in at this […]
District electoral commissions continue to work through the protocols and report results to the Central Electoral Commission. As of 9:00 am (Kyiv time) on Tuesday, just over 86% of the results have been entered into the CEC database. Some districts have been slower than others and the failure to have more reports in at this […]
Introduction In November 2004, Ukraine garnered the world’s attention as hundreds of thousands of citizens mobilized to challenge improperly administered presidential elections. Tense negotiations between the opposition and regime finally produced a compromise: another round of voting would be held for the presidency, and constitutional reforms subsequently would be enacted to enhance parliament’s authority vis-a-vis […]
Introduction Legislators have many tools to fulfill their responsibilities as representatives. Indeed, a significant subset of the literature on representation addresses how elected legislators provide constituency service. Constituency service activities may include securing resources for the district, providing information to citizens, or intervening with government agencies to prompt a response or resolve a dispute. This […]
Introduction In November 2004, Ukraine garnered the world’s attention as hundreds of thousands of citizens mobilized to challenge improperly administered presidential elections. Tense negotiations between the opposition and regime finally produced a compromise: another round of voting would be held for the presidency, and constitutional reforms subsequently would be enacted to enhance parliament’s authority vis-a-vis […]
