42% of respondents opted for a proportional election system with open lists for the parliamentary elections. It is supported by the findings of the survey  conducted by the OPORA Civil Network on “Attitudes of Citizens to Different Election Systems” presented during the Forum of Election Reform Supporters.

In this article, OPORA analyzed how popular advertising is on social media around the world and whether the popularity of advertising in a particular country can be related to its price.

Civil Network OPORA and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) issued a Manifesto of Supporters of Electoral Reform in January and now they are launching a nationwide advocacy campaign in support of the main achievements of electoral reform. A coordination event titled “Forum of Electoral Reform supporters” will mark the start of this campaign and take place on February 15 and 16.

Although 2021 did not show to Ukrainians such bright election campaigns as 2019 and 2020, last year, Ukrainian politicians and parties were active on social media, too. OPORA analyzed key indicators of Facebook advertising campaigns and found out which political forces are already preparing for the upcoming elections, and those that have increased their activity levels on this social media in the last 12 months.

On December 14, Civil Network OPORA celebrated its 16th birthday. Since 2007, almost 26,000 observers of our organization have joined the election monitoring. However, our activities are not limited to electoral processes. OPORA’s experts are drafting new bills, amending current electoral legislation, monitoring the work of the parliament, cooperating with various institutions to improve the openness of election data and educate voters, and protecting the voting rights of citizens. Here we wa...

Civil Network OPORA urges the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and its ruling coalition not to support the latest initiative from a group of Ukrainian MPs to abandon the proportional electoral system with open lists and other achievements of electoral reform gained in recent years. If supported by the parliament, the election process will be based on outdated procedures, with an inefficient and corrupt electoral system. Therefore, it will disable the progress of political parties, intra-party democr...

More than 11% of Ukrainians polled faced attempted voter bribery cases in the election. At the same time, 64.5% of respondents said they were not ready to sell their vote under any circumstances. Those who are willing to accept this crime will often quote specific amounts of "vote price" - mostly up to UAH 1,000. The reasons mentioned in explanations for such high adherence to voter bribery among 25% of respondents said they had already planned to vote for that candidate or a party, in any ca...

The study was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, from October, 22 to November, 12, 2021, using the CATI method (computer-assisted telephone interviews) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers. The poll was commissioned by the Civil Network OPORA. The sample is representative for the adult population of Ukraine (18 years and above).