Election Administration

Some voters will have to thumb through a 12 double-sided page ballot paper when they go to choose their candidate in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections.

Like the two presidential elections and previous legislative election, they will need to show their voter registration cards in order to cast their vote.

The third in a series of videos from Democracy Internationals Election Observation Mission to Afghanistan. These videos provide a window into Democracy Internationals observation mission, and focus on the election itself, the security situation, the role of election observers, the media, the participation of women, and the results of the election. In this video, DI Long-Term Observer, Laurie Knop, Bill Gallery, and DI Afghanistan's Operations Manager, Whitney Haring-Smith, discuss the challenges facing women's equal participation in the upcoming elections.

Here are our notes from Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) press conference led by Commissioner Ahmad Zia Rafat held in Kabul today (Sunday). Rafat spoke about delisting of candidates, the status of IEC Commissioner Johann Kriegler, and about recent reporters about the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA).

DI recently released 'Consensus Recommendations for Electoral Reform in Afghanistan'. This publication lists 34 recommendations for electoral reform in Afghanistan which are based on a comprehensive review and analysis of recommendations presented by a wide range of stakeholders to Afghanistan's election process.