There is still some optimism here that Zimbabwe can pull off a free and fair election later this year.
He wants the region and the UN to intervene to restore peace and conditions for a free and fair election.
"These two have tremendously enhanced the registration of women, " said Muddassir Rizvi, CEO of the Islamabad-based Free and Fair Election Network.
He has said he might stand if there were reforms to guarantee a fair election and if he could run as an independent candidate.
"If Mugabe's position that we need a free and fair election is a ruse, then he would have cheated me, " he is quoted as saying.
Luckily for Europe's self-respect, Poland sized up the situation and, helped by Lithuania, joined America in pushing for a fair election and an orderly transfer of power.
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Second, a stumbling block could emerge from ICANN's efforts to hold an open and fair election among all Internet users to choose nine new members for its 19-member board.
Media including social media are able to contribute to a fair election by reporting the irregularities in the organization of the elections (see Reuters Foundation, Reporting Elections: A Guide).
"I have repeatedly said that my main competitor should have the opportunity to face me in a free and fair election, whose outcome is determined by the people of Kenya, " he said.
It's rare when any political leader wins a 60% mandate in a free and fair election, which is why commentary on last week's Indonesian election has focused on the personal success of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Vice President Suleiman is in charge of a process in representing the Egyptian government to negotiate with those not in government in order to get us on a path toward an orderly transition that ends in a free and fair election.
These include a call for a postponement of the election by 60-90 days, an independent assessment of alleged coercive behavior by the Front government and a tying of Western economic assistance to the correction of any such practices and the holding of a genuinely free and fair election.
If Mr Medvedev has liberal instincts, the best way to show them would be to run a free and fair presidential election.
The Brisbane meeting should see continued pressure on Mr Mugabe to meet minimum standards for a free and fair presidential election, which must be held by April.
The fact the SNP have a majority in the Scottish Parliament is the result of a fair democratic election - presumably Labour don't have a problem with simple democracy?
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Three weeks ago Mr Sikorski and Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister, also went to Belarus to push, with only limited success, for a fair presidential election in December.
Tests like Dr Mebane's one could provide monitors with quantitative estimates of exactly how free and fair an election has been, on which to base their qualitative judgment of whether that is indeed acceptable.
The Security Council this evening declared its support for a free and fair presidential election in Lebanon conducted according to Lebanese constitutional rules devised without foreign interference or influence and, in that connection, called upon all remaining foreign forces to withdraw from Lebanon.
However, the conduct of the election was fair, according to the Election Commission.
On the other hand I feel optimistic and happy to see, Somaliland's (my parents birthplace) fair and free election that took place on the 26th of June 2010.
Assuming the election is fair, all signs point to an inconclusive outcome with no outright winner.
It is urging Zimbabwe's friends to keep pressing the government to ensure that the election is fair and free of intimidation.
In the run-up to the Haiti elections yesterday, the OAS played a pivotal role in ensuring a free, fair run-off election involving the candidates who actually got the most number of votes in the first round of the election.
When you hear from a woman like Kimberly Samuels, and you hear all of what she has gone through, talk to us about the bigger picture of the importance of making sure that this election is fair and just.
IFES's pre-election poll, no less than 84% of Indonesians thought the election would be fair.
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Though some people fear Golkar will try to buy its way to victory, others believe the election will be fair enough for the opposition to win.
Western governments have said they might ease key sanctions against Myanmar if Sunday's election is free and fair.
It is remarkable, given Indonesia's recent turbulence, that the election has been so fair, peaceful and, above all, conducted in a spirit of moderation.
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