A team of 12 international election observers attended over 175 polling stations across Ireland in the May 25th referendum. The team was made up of observers from the UK, the Republic of Ireland and France. They worked in teams of two being accredited by the national returning officer, Barry Ryan as well as being given…
A team of 4 observers registered with, and accredited by, the UK’s Electoral Commission, made 38 separate observations in 36 different polling stations across the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency. This constituted approximately 88% percent of the polling stations in the area. Each observation was conducted in pairs to allow for objective observation and they then agreed their opinions of the electoral…
A team of 25 international election observers have attended over 275 polling stations across Ireland in today’s referendum. The team was made up of observers from the UK, Canada, the United States, France and Greece. They worked in teams of two being accredited by the national returning officer, Barry Ryan. Polling was observed to be…
The mission deployed a series of observers to attend several aspects of the electoral process in Tower Hamlets. Before polling day a team of 2 attended the Council’s briefing to presiding officers and polling clerks (17/04/18). This team subsequently held a meeting with Robert Curtis – Tower Hamlets’ Head of Electoral Services – to find…
Democracy Volunteers deployed teams across the five councils conducting Voter ID Pilots on May 3rd. Teams of observers were deployed as follows: Bromley 2 Teams of four observers Gosport 1 Team of four observers Swindon 2 Teams of four observers Watford 1 Team of four observers Woking 2 Teams of two observers…
The mission deployed 4 observers in two teams of two. These were registered with The Netherlands’s Ministry of The Interior and Kingdom Relations. These four observers were accredited to observe across The Netherlands. They made 44 separate observations across the several municipalities. They were: Amsterdam 17 Observations, The Hague 13 Observations, Leiden 6 Observations, Delft…
After Democracy Volunteers’ successful deployment to the Catalonian regional elections on December 21st 2017, as attendees of the voting, the UK Parliament’s special interest group for Catalonia (the All Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia) invited Democracy Volunteers’ director, Dr. John Ault to speak at their regular meeting on Monday 26th February 2018. At the talk…
The mission deployed 6 observers in three teams of two. These were registered with Finland’s Ministry of Justice, and accredited to observe across Finland. They made 41 separate observations in 40 polling stations across the greater Helsinki area, including both Helsinki and Espoo. Each observation was conducted in pairs to allow for objective observation and…
A team of 6 observers registered with, and accredited by, the UK’s Electoral Commission, made 44 separate observations in 41 different polling stations across the Alyn and Deeside National Assembly constituency. This constituted approximately 98 percent of the polling stations in the area Each observation was conducted in pairs to allow for objective observation and they then agreed their…
