Colombia’s National Electoral Council (CNE) decided to investigate 120 governor and mayoral candidates for failing to submit information regarding to the financing of their political campaigns, according to Colombian media.…
The Colombian National Electoral Council (CNE) said Thursday that negative propaganda is permitted in political campaigns. The President of the CNE, Joaquin Jose Vives, said that negative advertizing would be…
Colombia’s National Electoral Council Tuesday has invalidated the identification papers of 464,554 voters and revoked 821 candidacies in an effort to prevent fraud in the upcoming October 30 elections, W Radio reported.…
There are more registered voters than there are citizens in 56 of Colombia’s municipalities, according to a report by newspaper El Tiempo. Recent cross-checking done by the electoral tribunal indicates that…
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has released a report recommending strategies to shelter the October 2011 elections from criminal groups. According to the ICG, an NGO which focuses on the…
The Green Party responded Tuesday to accusations from the National Electoral Council (NCE) that presidential candidate Anatas Mockus paid former vice presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo to be his running mate.…
Colombia’s National Electoral Council officially presented the list of 102 senators who will take their seats when the legislative body opens for its first session Tuesday. The new Senate will…
The president of the National Electoral Council Marco Emilio Hincapie said Thursday that the council has so far detected more than 1,500 irregularities in the votes cast in Colombia’s congressional elections in…
The chairman of Colombia’s National Electoral Council, Marco Emilio Hincapie, announced Thursday that a new firm would be contracted to the task of ballot counting to replace telecommunications company UNE,…