Although the presidential panel approved the elections measure, it also recommended that Parliament vote separately on an article of the bill dealing with political representation for Christians and other minorities.
The spokesman, Philip J. Crowley, said the new election measures, which set strict limits on political participation, undercut American efforts to improve ties with Myanmar, formerly Burma.
At a time when Republican governors and legislatures around the country, citing accusations of voter fraud, were passing election measures that Democrats contend will suppress minority turnout, Mr. Malloy was advocating ways to make voting easier, including Web-based voter registration, Election Day registration and larger penalties on efforts to intimidate or impede voters.
Looking back, an election measuring support for the conservative agenda was too much to hope for.
Forgoing it altogether will cost the Treasury £750m, but may be an astute pre-election measure aimed at shoring up Labour's middle England vote.
The re-election measure would apply to future presidents and Cartes, a soft-drink and tobacco mogul elected to a five-year term in 2013.
The results are a significant glimpse into current attitudes around the likelihood of foreign election interference, election security measures and how well social media companies have rebounded in the public eye.
Still, when it comes to the very uneven election security measures in U.S. elections, more records are never a bad thing.
Political-reform schemes, which include public financing of elections and measures to discourage serial party-swapping by congressmen, are back on the agenda.
So let's look back at 2012 and see if we can recognize 25 victories -- elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization -- that meet those three criteria.
