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 any dishonest candidate deserves to be disqualified. These problems prompted the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) to organize a …
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 aspects of elections and democratization in the Asia Pacific region from various disciplines. APJED is expected to become an ecosystem …
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 and types of international polling technology, remote election voting used in Russia is internet voting or i-voting. As with i-voting …
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. The level of accuracy of the machine is also balanced with the level of public trust. Based on the random …
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, online training platform E-vuli, online voter registration systems, election logistics tracking applications, voting officer assistance applications, voting machines with touch …
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, but also in secular countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, or multicultural countries such as Indonesia. Research by Nancy …
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. Democracy is not all right. Anxiety and precarious conditions were illustrated by the activists’ presentation. The Sheraton movement has further …
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 as voter. Meanwhile, passive means that voter are registered as voter automatically by the election organizer. Other issues discussed around …
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 Philippine senators, namely Franklin M. Drilon, Francis N. Pangilinan, and Leila M Liivia, the bill is loaded with the intention …
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 Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), accused the election of being fraudulent while the Myanmar Electoral Court was unable to …
