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NGOs lay out plans for election
A coalition of watchdogs and other civil society groups yesterday announced their intention to form a “situation room” for the 2017 commune elections in order to monitor the voting process for irregularities. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-lay-out-plans-election
Technical issue mars voter list publication
Prospective voters ran into problems yesterday during the first publication of the country’s new voter lists. Citizens will have until January 14 to check their names and information on voter lists to confirm they are correct, either in person, at registration offices or online. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33877/technical-issue-mars-voter-list-publication/
ERA raises concerns for voter registration
A recent military show of force and a politically motivated road blockade may have had the effect of deterring eligible voters from registering, the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) has said. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, the ERA, a coalition of NGOs in Cambodia, urged ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/era-raises-concerns-voter-registration
NGOs say NEC has to work on speed, efficiency of voter list
The National Election Committee’s $1 million pilot project last month to test its new computerized voter registration system revealed that the registration process is inefficient and needs to be sped up, a group of NGOs calling itself the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) said at a ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-say-nec-has-to-work-on-speed-efficiency-of-voter-list-102007/
NEC pressed on election reforms
The Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) will Lobby the National Election Committee (NEC) to adopt a regional declaration on free and fair elections that includes commitments to the right of citizens living abroad to vote and for the military to stay independent of the electoral process. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17992/nec-pressed-on-election-reforms/
Calls for speedy resolution of voter complaints
An election watchdog group is calling for a complaint investigation mechanism to efficiently collect and study allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13890/calls-for-speedy-resolution-of-voter-complaints/
Constitutional council asked to annul portions of election laws
One of the country’s foremost election rights advocates wrote to the Constitutional Council on Tuesday requesting that it annul two articles in the proposed new national election law that he says violate constitutional rights to participate in election campaigns. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/constitutional-council-asked-to-annul-portions-of-election-laws-80665/