The campaign finance report is one of the many problems in elections in Indonesia, which after every election is considered as one of the less honest. Troubled campaign finance regulations, oversight of campaign funds is not enough to guarantee that …
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APJED, an International Journal for Election and Democracy Issues
Friday (8/6), Association for Election and Democracy (Perludem) and Djokosoetono Research Center University of Indonesia launched Asia Pacific Journal of Elections and Democracy (APJED). APJED is open to academics, policy makers and democracy activists who are interested in discussing various …
Read More »Remote Election Voting in Russia
September 2021, Russia will hold its first Member of Parliament Election by remote election voting in six regions. Remote election voting, according to the definition of Federal Law (UU) No. 154 is voting without using paper, but special software. In terms of the terminology …
Read More »Election Technology Audit by Civil Society, Philippines Experience
The Philippines has been using electronic vote counting technology or e-counting since 2010. The technology is accepted by the public, even in a survey conducted after the 2019 election, the level of public trust in e-counting machines reached 98 percent. …
Read More »Election Technology in Fiji
Since its establishment in 2014, The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) with the Supervisor of Elections as the head of FEO, has started to develop electoral technology. There are more than five electoral technologies developed by FEO, including online recruitment systems, …
Read More »Religion-Based Political Parties and Inclusive Democracy
Religion-based political parties or religious parties are a phenomenon commonly found in various countries around the world. This party is not only entrenched in countries that formalize certain religions and cultures as state identities, such as Israel, Pakistan and Afghanistan, …
Read More »Democratic Shocks in Southeast Asia When the Pandemic Strikes
Thursday (4/1), Regional Support for Elections and Political Transitions or RESPECT held regional discussions on democratic conditions during a pandemic. Activists from various countries conveyed the democratic conditions in their respective countries: Indonesia, Malasia, the Philippines, as well as Thailand and Myanmar. …
Read More »Important Matters Regarding Continuous Voters List
Voter registration methods vary in different countries around the world. Some countries apply an active voter registration method, and some other countries apply a passive voter registration method. Active means, voter register themselves with the election organizer to be registered …
Read More »Managing Political Party Finances, the Idea of the Philippine Senate
The Philippines is currently discussing a State Fund Subsidy for Political Parties bill. This bill was drafted with the aim of strengthening political parties in the Philippines. Reading the three drafts of the Political Party Finance Bill proposed by three …
Read More »Myanmar, Silent Transitional Dialogue and the Wrong Choice of Electoral Systems
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the world was shocked by the news that the Myanmar military took a coup against the government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD). The coup was carried out because the main opposition party, the …
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