Over the coming weeks we will bereleasing articles focussing on what election observation entails: whatobservers look for, why certain electoral laws are important, and how they canbe upheld. As a… Read more Why election observation is crucial to a properly functioning democracy →
As we often discuss, in recent decades election observation has become crucial to improving democracy and promoting human rights across the globe. Not only does it help improve electoral systems… Read more Observation Groups: A quick overview →
Family voting, also referred to as group voting, is one of the most common issues that observers encounter in polling stations. For example, during two recent Democracy Volunteers observations in… Read more What Observers look for: Family Voting →
I recently conducted my first election observation with Democracy Volunteers, at this month’s local elections in Woking. What made this observation particularly interesting was that it was one of the… Read more My first election observation →
Our observers have been returning home from across the UK, and beyond, from their observations of the local elections in England and Northern Ireland. May is always the peak… Read more Election Observation is all year round not just on May 2nd… →
Between the 3rd and 6th of April, polling stations were open across the UK for voters to cast their ballot in the Finnish Parliamentary Elections. From the Embassy in London… Read more Overseas Advanced Voting for Finland’s Parliamentary Elections →
One of the key aspects of effective election observation is that observers may arrive at polling stations unannounced, at any time, during the voting or counting process. The reason for… Read more The importance of unimpeded observation →
I was first drawn to the opportunity of election observation whilst searching for jobs after leaving university. Whilst at University I wrote two dissertations in the field of electoral theory… Read more My experience being a first-time observer on an international observation →
