A1 Ivory Coast Referendum Citizens of the Ivory Coast voted on a new constitution intended to restore civilian rule by laying out the guidelines for elections starting in September.
Seven months after this country's first military coup, Ivoirians voted today on a new constitution intended to restore civilian rule by laying out the guidelines for elections starting in September.
Earlier this month, the junta issued guidelines for the election that made clear that the 64-year-old Nobel laureate would not be permitted to contest the vote because she is under house arrest.
Zimbabwe and its neighbors endorsed guidelines for democratic elections in the region last year, but the opposition party has said it would not campaign until President Robert G. Mugabe's authoritarian government adheres to the rules, something critics say is unlikely.
The incident, the network evidently decided, did not violate its guidelines for 2016 Presidential Election coverage, which state that employees "should refrain from political editorializing, personal attacks or 'drive-by' comments regarding the candidates and their campaigns".
Dianis recommended the governor and legislature remove threatening penalties that hinder voter registration and establish concrete guidelines for supervisors of elections so that all voters "are able to vote without incident".
The bishops issue guidelines for Catholic voters every election season, a document known as "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," which is distributed in many parishes.
The mass protests are the strongest challenge yet to Beijing's decision last month to reject open nominations for candidates under proposed guidelines for the first-ever elections for Hong Kong's leader, promised for 2017.
She was accused by the then operations manager, Peter Kidman, of changing the culture of the party with respect to how it raised money and then, a few years later, of contravening the party's fundraising guidelines for her Senate re-election.
Last year, Congress mandated that the election commission create guidelines for pilot programs to assist overseas voting, including Internet voting.
