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France’s presidential election on 23 April and 7 May 2017 was conducted in a pluralistic and transparent manner, but certain aspects of the legal framework for elections could benefit from further review, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in its final report

From 14 August to 28 August 2017 the Programme Office in Bishkek supported a series of training sessions on voter identification procedures and other election-related matters. Twenty-five master trainers, 186 trainers as well as 500 operators and maintenance specialists from all regions of Kyrgyzstan were trained in the effective operation of the voter identification system during the upcoming October presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan. Subsequently, the trained operators and maintenance specialists will instruct over 9,500 operators, who will be engaged in voter identification on Election Day...

The final report on the 8 June early general election in the United Kingdom, published on 28 August 2017 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), contains several recommendations to improve campaign finance regulations and further strengthen the legal framework for

A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Washington D.C. from 10 to 12 July 2017 to present the final report of the ODIHR election observation mission for the 8 November 2016 United States general elections.

Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with the election administration in Dushanbe on 11 July 2017 to present findings and recommendations from the ODIHR  final report  on the 1 March 2015 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan. Selected

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) final report  on Armenia’s 2 April 2017 parliamentary elections noted that fundamental freedoms were generally respected and candidates were able to campaign without restrictions. Noting an overall lack of public trust in the

ULAANBAATAR, 8 July 2017 – The first ever runoff in a presidential election in Mongolia, on 7 July, took place against a backdrop of legal uncertainty. Positively, the General Election Commission (GEC) issued clarifying regulations and administered the election in an efficient manner, and polling station staff facilitated voting on election day in a professional manner, the election observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement released today. The law was widely interpreted as prohibiting campaigning. Calling on voters to cast blank ballots in protest was a distinct feature of the runoff, the observers said...