high elections committee
Official election results to be announced Thursday
Egypt
November 30, 2011
Official election results to be announced Thursday
Abdel Moez Ibrahim, the head of the high elections committee (HEC), is to hold a press conference on Thursday afternoon…
High elections committee: Postponing elections illegal
Egypt
November 23, 2011
High elections committee: Postponing elections illegal
Postponing the elections would be illegal, said Yousry Abdel Karim, head of the high elections committee’s technical office. “But if…
Officials extend deadline for election monitor applications
Egypt
November 9, 2011
Officials extend deadline for election monitor applications
Abdel Moez Ibrahim, president of the High Elections Committee, has extended the deadline for civil society organizations to apply for…
Interior Ministry ‘taking measures to assure elections fair and free’
Egypt
October 22, 2011
Interior Ministry ‘taking measures to assure elections fair and free’
Egypt's Interior Ministry is taking serious measures to assure that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be fair and free, a senior…
Amended elections law to be endorsed Tuesday despite objections
Egypt
September 26, 2011
Amended elections law to be endorsed Tuesday despite objections
Egypt's ruling military council is expected to endorse the new elections law on Tuesday, after having returned it to the…
Elections Monitor: Administrative justice rulings change electoral map
Egypt
November 25, 2010
Elections Monitor: Administrative justice rulings change electoral map
Three days before elections day, a series of administrative justice rulings are threatening to gerrymander the electoral map in several…
Coalition for Elections’ Observation: Public liberties curtailed, irregularities in electoral process
Egypt
November 13, 2010
Coalition for Elections’ Observation: Public liberties curtailed, irregularities in electoral process
Increased restrictions on public liberties and various irregularities in the electoral process were the lead items in the first report…