According to the information from Civil Network OPORA's observers, deployed to polling stations that were selected using a nationally representative sampling, the majority of election commissions have started the voting process conflict-free and in line with the legislation.

On March 31, 2019 the election for the post of President of Ukraine are held. Ukrainian citizens will be choosing among 39 registered candidates for the post of Head of State.

In the last month of electoral campaigning, the most active candidates applied the maximum effort to mobilize and use the available resources (such as, human, budget, financial, political influence in executive authorities) for pre-election campaigning. The factor of abusing administrative resources and the “shadow” nature of funding electoral costs shall be mostly considered in terms of compliance with democratic electoral standards within Presidential election. It was the statement of repre...

Why do we believe fake news and how to detect them? The fourth episode of “Elections Inside Out” answers this question.

A Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) is a proven methodology often employed by nonpartisan citizen observers to systematically assess the election day process including the counting of results at polling stations.

A Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) is a proven methodology often employed by nonpartisan citizen observers to systematically assess the election day process including the counting of results at polling stations. PVT can independently verify the official results announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC). A PVT relies on reports from highly trained observers who evaluate the quality of the process at the polling station. Unlike exit polls, PVTs do not ask people how they voted. Rather, t...

Thus, 315,725 voters have used a procedure for a temporary change of voting location for the regular election of the President of Ukraine in 2019. 71,125 of them are members of district and precinct election commissions, who are going to work outside of their assigned locations. This is a record-breaking number of voters, who have made a timely effort to vote outside of their assigned address on 31 March. To compare, 171,078 voters changed their voting location on presidential election, and 1...

On 23 January 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine have promulgated a decree distributing 824 million UAH on social and economic development, particularly 2,805 objects and events in different oblasts of Ukraine. These funds, as well as 2016-2018 subventions in amount of 12 billion UAH, were supposed to solve at least some problems in regions, to equal and balance their development, and guarantee the stability.