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Be Run Josh Benaloh Senior Cryptographer Microsoft Research Disclaimer Any opinions presented in this talk are my own and do not necessary represent those of the Microsoft Corporation or any subsidiary or partner thereof. Candidates’ Briefing 2015. Briefing. Welcome!. Welcome to the first step in being elected!. Icebreaker. Elections Process. Election Regulations. Manifesto and Publicity. Voting. Questions. ?. Introduce yourself:. Based upon . Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Election? . By Stephen J. Wayne, 2007 CQ Press. What . good are elections?. Elections . tie citizens to their government. Elections are a means by which the public can hold these officials accountable for their . Professor Isaac . Olawale. Albert. Peace and Conflict Studies . Programe. Institute of African Studies, . University of Ibadan. Nigeria. Opening Remarks. I like to start this presentation by reminding us why we are here. The meeting is aimed at bringing together major stakeholders including Election Management Experts within and outside Nigeria, political parties, security agents, academia, civil society organizations, development partners, ECOWAS, among others on the need to work collaboratively towards a peaceful election in Nigeria in 2015. . Off year and General Elections. Vocabulary. Suffrage 14. General Elections. Electorate 15. off-Year Elections. Direct primary 16. Coattail Effect. Recall 17. Caucus. Referendum 18. Presidential Preference Primary. and in the air. Comparing Perches and Perspectives. #SSLBC2012. What’s Up?. 2. Why am I here?. Everyone else was busy. Excuse to visit campus. Wouldn’t have finished my thesis if it weren’t for Ellen. Opening Electoral Data. An overview. Transparency is a key principle for credible elections. . Process which is . open to scrutiny by stakeholders . I. ndependent . verification that . the process is conducted according to . Mark Heath. Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer . What I am going to cover….. The Territory (legal, what is coming in 2017, franchise issues). Personal Responsibilities. The Returning Officer Role. .” . Constitutionalism . and Legal framework of election in Zimbabwe Identifying key gaps. . Ice- Breaking reflection. D. emocracy . without credible, free and fair elections is implausible. To date, no acceptable substitute to elections has been found to express popular choice. In other words, popular legitimacy to rule flows from the ballot box rather than the barrel of a gun. Elections are the building blocks of . By. Otive Igbuzor, PhD. Hon. Commissioner, PSC. PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION. To underscore the importance of election in a democracy.. To outline the role of the security agencies in the 2011 elections.. Before an Election. Gender, Women and Democracy, NDI. 2016. Violence Against Women in Elections (VAW-E): Topics. Key definitions . Gender-based VAW-E versus other electoral violence. Root causes, triggers, categories and indicators of VAW-E. Indonesia's parliamentary and presidential elections. Indonesia went to the polls twice in 2014, for both parliamentary and presidential elections.. It would be the fourth time Indonesia had held elections since President Suharto resigned in 1998 after 30 years in power, amid violent anti-government protests.. International Evidence. Qingyuan. Li . Wuhan University.  . Si Li. Wilfrid Laurier University.  . Li . Xu. Washington State University. 1. Research Question. How does stock tail risk changes around national elections worldwide. A brief overview of the Romanian . case. Mihai SEBE. , . P.h.D. international . relations . coordinator, ADO . Romania . NGO. expert, European Institute of Romania. E-mail: . mihai.sebe@yahoo.com; mihai.sebe@adoromania.ro. Professor Isaac . Olawale. Albert. Peace and Conflict Studies . Programe. Institute of African Studies, . University of Ibadan. Nigeria. Opening Remarks. I like to start this presentation by reminding us why we are here. The meeting is aimed at...