Georgia’s Central Election Commission, US-based partners discuss 2024 election preparations
The Commission said the delegation, led by Chair Giorgi Kalandarishvili, provided detailed information on the electoral administration’s ongoing efforts to “modernise” domestic elections, and noted the body was “ready” to hold electronic elections in compliance with international standards. Photo: CEC of Georgia
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Preparations for next year’s parliamentary elections in Georgia and introduction of an electronic voting system ahead of the vote were discussed in a meeting between a delegation of the Central Election Commission of Georgia and representatives of the United States Agency for International Development and International Republican Institute in Washington on Tuesday.
The Commission said the delegation, led by Chair Giorgi Kalandarishvili, provided detailed information on the electoral administration’s ongoing efforts to “modernise” domestic elections, and noted the body was “ready” to hold electronic elections in compliance with international standards.
The #CEC Delegation Is Holding The Meetings In The USA With Its #International Partners. Delegation held meetings at the head offices of the @USAID and the @IRIglobal. The focus of the meetings was the preparation for the 2024 Parliamentary #Elections.
— CEC of Georgia (@cecgovge) November 29, 2023
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He also informed meeting participants on current public information campaigns aimed at raising awareness on the innovation among voters. He also reviewed electronic services, achievements and challenges of the CEC.
The delegation highlighted the significance of long term cooperation and partnership with the organisations, with Kalandarishvili noting their involvement in Georgia’s electoral and democratic processes as “particularly important”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said all identification cards issued before 2011, prior to the introduction of electronic IDs across the country, would lose their legal validity.
A public opinion poll published on Tuesday by the Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International has put the approval rating of the ruling Georgian Dream party at 55 percent.
Electoral reform in Georgia was discussed in a meeting between Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party and members of the United Nations Electoral Needs Assessment Mission, the Georgian Parliament said on Friday.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Monday said the introduction of electronic voting across the country ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary Elections would “remove all kinds of speculation” by domestic “radical groups” about “rigged elections”.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday rejected a new report by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy on electronic voting machines to be used in the 2024 parliamentary elections across the country as “totally manipulative and speculative”.
Natia Ioseliani, the Spokesperson of the Georgian Central Election Commission, on Friday rejected as a “lie” claims on the election administration refusing to create polling stations abroad ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections and shifting the responsibility over the matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said the Government was “interested in conducting transparent and competitive” parliamentary elections in 2024, and pledged it would “cooperate with everyone who will participate in this process with us”.
Georgia’s Central Election Commission on Wednesday set October 26 as the date for this year’s parliamentary elections and outlined mandatory registration procedures for participating parties.
Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the parliamentary elections in October would be held “democratically”, with all domestic political parties having the opportunity to conduct their campaigns under “equal” conditions.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday met Robin Dunnigan, the United States Ambassador to the country, to discuss strategic cooperation between the two countries and possibilities of developing parliamentary cooperation.