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  • Photo Gallery: Observing Free and Fair Elections

    Free and fair elections are essential to a healthy democracy. In recent years, nations have shown their commitments to fair electoral processes by allowing more citizens to vote, designing new ways to properly count ballots and improving the campaign process
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    Elections Update

    Find out more about recent elections around the world and how they meet, or fail to meet, international standards, as well as reactions to those elections by the U.S. government and independent watchdog organizations.

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  • Protestor talks to a police officer
    Dissent a Cherished American Freedom

    Tourists visiting the U.S. capital witness democracy in action as protestors voice objections to the government’s policies. Political protests are time-honored traditions in the American exercise of free speech.

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  • Post-Election Terror in Zimbabwe

    In the aftermath of the March elections, President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party has unleashed a wave of violence aimed at cowing its political opponents and discouraging them from participating in a runoff election.
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