Leading technology corporations such as Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok convened at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to announce a voluntary commitment aimed at safeguarding democratic elections... Read more »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Pakistani authorities Monday to ensure a peaceful transition of power following the country’s parliamentary elections, encouraging all political parties to uphold democratic norms and cooperate with an... Read more »
Senegal presidential candidate Khalifa Sall said Saturday that he was opposed to postponing the country’s presidential elections. This stance comes in direct response to Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement of the decision... Read more »
Pakistan’s former information minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Monday that he and his group would boycott Pakistan’s general elections in claiming that the electoral process was fake. Fawad left former Prime Minister... Read more »
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Voter Empowerment Act on Thursday, allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they are 18 by the succeeding general election. Under the new... Read more »
A report from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security published Wednesday found that cyberattacks targeting elections are increasing worldwide and are now more likely to be seen during Canada’s next ballot. According... Read more »
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom stressed that South Sudan must secure public confidence to ensure that its first post-independence elections in... Read more »
Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore announced Friday that there would be no elections in the country until security concerns were addressed. Traore previously promised elections would be reinstated by 2024 to... Read more »
The Council of Europe released a joint statement Sunday condemning the recent elections in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. Over the course of one week, Russia held regional elections across several parts... Read more »
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signaled on Monday that it had rejected a proposal by Niger’s military junta to hold elections within three years, raising the political tensions which have... Read more »