Category: International Observations

In September 2025, Democracy Volunteers deployed an international observation mission to assess the conduct of Norway’s Parliamentary Elections. A team of 24 trained observers independently monitored voting and counting...

Democracy Volunteers has today described Finland’s municipal and county elections as “extremely well-run,” citing high standards in the running of polling stations and good accessibility across polling stations.

Italy does not allow domestic election observation, leading to concerns about transparency and public oversight in one of the European Union’s founding democracies.

Democracy Volunteers Director, Dr John Ault said:...

On April 13th, Democracy Volunteers deployed 16 observers across Finland for the municipal and county elections. The team visited the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Rauma, Turku, Pori, Kotka, Tampere...

Democracy Volunteers deployed a small team of observers to Ireland for the 2024 General Election. The team observed in Dublin and Kildare.

Because of the decentralised nature of Irish elections, election...

A small group of Democracy Volunteers’ election observers deployed to the German Bundestag elections on Sunday 23 rd February, focusing their work on the elections in Berlin. The team attended several...

The presidential and congressional elections of 2024 were no different were an important election for Democracy Volunteers to observe. The election was highly contentious and saw the return of...

The elections, based on the sample of 143 polling stations we observed, were very well run by elections staff. Our observation team, in the vast majority of cases, were...