In parallel with the transformation of social media into one of the main sources of information, in recent years, one of the main challenges of the elections has been the manipulation of voters by harmful actors using various strategies and tactics. ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy has published four reports regarding the October 2, 2021 municipal elections, describing and analyzing the ongoing formal and informal election campaigns on social media platforms. In thi ...
The election campaign produced on Facebook is distinguished by discrediting messages. The targets of the negative campaign on the pages are the ruling party, as well as the opposition parties and their leaders. After the first round of the electi ...
The report describes campaigns focused on local political processes from September 13 to Election Day, October 2. The report includes the activities of the political parties participating in the elections, the mayors of the municipalities, as well as ...
VOTING PROCESS BY 10:00 AM Restricting the right of election observers (3) At the polling station #41 of the electoral district #6 (Samgori), ISFED observer was not allowed to enter the polling station. The observer was explained that s ...
On October 2, 2021, municipal elections will be held in Georgia. On this day, Georgian voters will elect executive (mayors) and representative (councils) bodies of local self-government in 64 municipalities, including 59 self-governing communities an ...
For the 2021 local self-government elections, social media platforms and mainly Facebook serve as one of the main means of exchanging information. According to a survey conducted by the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) a ...
The report covers the period from 31 August up to 22 September, as well as a few separate events that either began before 31 August and carried over into the reporting period, or became known during the monitoring period. Click here to view the docum ...