The Swedish Government will send five election observers to Uganda to monitor the presidential and parliamentary elections on 18th February 2011.
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson said:
“For the second time, the Ugandan people now have several political parties and presidential candidates to chose between. The task of our election observers is to monitor the election and vote count to ensure that they proceed correctly and that the election campaign is characterised by freedom of assembly and expression.”
Uganda has one of the world’s youngest populations, with 70 per cent of those entitled to vote aged between 18 and 30.
The decision to send election observers from the Nordic state was taken following a request from the EU. Sida is responsible for recruiting and training the Swedish participants.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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