After more than 50 years of oppressive military rule, the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is emerging from isolation and taking its first tentative steps toward democracy. On Nov. 8, its people will go to the polls for the first general election since democracy began to take root, and a Carter Center election observation team will be there...
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Author: Beth Plachta
Carter Center Joins ADEPT Consortium to Advance Democracy
Leaders of The Asia Foundation, The Carter Center, Democracy International, Freedom House, IREX, and World Learning met in Washington today to discuss their enhanced cooperation in programs worldwide to advance democratic elections and political transitions.
The gathering comes at a time when setbacks in once-hopeful transitions in the Arab world and elsewhere have pro...
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Observing Nepal’s 2013 Constituent Assembly Election
On November 19, 2013, Nepal held its second constituent assembly election since the 2006 peace agreement ended a long-running civil conflict. The first constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution could not reach agreement on key issues, including the eventual structure of a federal state. The assembly was dissolved in May 2012 after it went beyond its init...
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Legislative and Presidential Runoff Elections, Madagascar
Madagascar held the first round of presidential elections on Oct. 25, 2013, and the second round runoff presidential and legislative elections on Dec. 20, 2013. The Carter Center’s observations and findings summarized in this report relate only on the second round of presidential elections and legislative elections.
The following is an excerpt from the final report. The ful...
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