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	General Elections Law No. (27) 1996
		Elections committees: The main committee and subcommittees which are responsible for administering the elections starting with the candidacy applications through the balloting process and up to the tallying of votes.
		Election District: The area which is part of the election districts of the republic and where the citizens exercise their electoral rights in accordance with the constitution and the provisions of this law.
		The supreme elections committee shall also be informed so as to ensure that the name of the person concerned is deleted from the roster of eligible voters in his/he former electoral district.
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/gov/off5.htm (9110 words)

	Election in Yemen a Test of Democracy \| NDI Action
		These elections were seen as a critical step in establishing a non-partisan and transparent electoral process that political parties and Yemeni citizens perceive as legitimate, therefore increasing their willingness to abide by and respect the results of the polls.
		In 2001, the Supreme Court of Elections and Referenda (SCER) was established as an independent electoral authority to administer and oversee elections.
		Although no one expected the presidential and local elections to have been flawless, they nonetheless were seen to be a gauge of progress for the country, and an indication of what areas will require the most work in the future.
	ndiaction.org /node/196 (679 words)

	Elections in Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in Yemen gives information on election and election results in Yemen.
		Yemen elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		Yemen is a one party dominant state with the General People's Congress in power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Yemen (219 words)

	The elections farce - Yemen Times
		The Yemeni elections are to a far extent pretentious.
		The supreme election committee is an ancillary of the ruling party and is obeying their unfair willpower.
		The ailments are not restricted to a lack of fair elections.
	yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=953&p=opinion&a=3 (697 words)

	Muslimedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But despite Yemen’s promise to raise democratic standards, the agency was silent on the widespread cheating and violence marring the poll, which had been blamed on the government and the ruling party by the odd NGO partially observing the elections.
		The election rules set a 72-hour time-limit for the completion of voting, but the first parliamentary results were officially announced on April 30.
		And US diplomats in Yemen are known to have toured schools, even in remote areas, to check on the expulsion of any student considered sympathetic to al-Qa’ida, or simply anti-American.
	www.muslimedia.com /archives/oaw03/yem-rigged.htm (1015 words)

	The EU's relations with Yemen - Overview
		Yemen is undertaking efforts to progress in the field of democracy and human rights, is deeply engaged in the fight against terrorism beside the US government, and is going through a process of economic and administrative reforms, supported by the IMF and the World Bank.
		The third parliamentary elections in Yemen took place on 27 April 2003; according to observers, they were conducted in a fair and free manner.
		Yemen was accepted as member of some GCC committees (health, education and labour), but a full membership is not envisageble in the medium term.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/yemen/intro/index.htm (2077 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Election fever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The September presidential elections in Yemen are expected to be more competitive than the country's first presidential elections in 1999 when President Ali Abdullah Saleh competed with only one candidate from his own party.
		The election fever sparked after the alliance of opposition parties described their candidate, the 72-year-old Faisal bin Shamlan, former minister, as "clean, honest and incorrupt".
		However, the success of the September presidential elections, which also coincides with local elections, depends on compliance of the parties to an agreement signed between the PGC and the JMPs late last month.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/803/re63.htm (577 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Contentious poll in Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Election day was relatively free of violence, but during the vote-counting process there were numerous incidents in constituencies in and outside the capital.
		"It is the PGC that protected Yemen from what might have happened after the Cole incident, in the aftermath of 11 September and the war in Afghanistan, and it is the PGC that protected the nation from internal conflict," Saleh said as he cast his vote.
		Opposition parties accused the Supreme Committee for Elections and Referendum (SCER) and local and central authorities of obstructing opposition parties and bias in favour of the ruling party.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/637/re13.htm (1020 words)

	Incumbent wins Yemen's presidential election, state media report - iht,africa,Yemen Elections - Africa & Middle ...
		SAN'A, Yemen Yemen's president was re-elected to another seven-year term, grabbing more than 77 percent of the vote in the first serious balloting since he came to power 28 years ago, officials said Saturday.
		Elections commission chief Khaled Sharif said Saleh received 4.1 million votes, or 77.17 percent of 5.3 million valid votes, while challenger Faisal bin Shamlan won 1.1 million votes, or 21.82 percent.
		In 1999, Yemen held its first presidential election by popular vote, and Saleh won with 96.2 percent of the vote.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/23/africa/ME_GEN_Yemen_Elections.php (613 words)

	Politics of Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Yemen takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Yemen is both head of state and head of government.
		Yemen is a republic with a bicameral legislature.
		An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Yemen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Yemen (751 words)

	Embassy of Yemen - Human Rights and Women's Issues
		These elections were monitored by a number of international monitoring organizations, invited by the Yemeni government to both observe and offer technical and professional assistance in developing electoral procedures.
		Yemen's open door policy to international and national organizations to monitor the elections was commended by international democratic communities as well as by the U.S. government.
		D- Democracy is achieved not only through institutions and laws, but also through the actual practice of democratic principles that should be measured by the degree to which these principles, norms, standards and values are actually implemented and by the extent to which they advance the realization of human rights.
	www.yemenembassy.org /issues/democracy/Democracy.htm (1076 words)

	Yemen Gateway: Presidential election, 1999
		YEMEN now finds itself in the bizarre position of holding a presidential contest in which both candidates are members of the same political party, the ruling General People's Congress (GPC).
		The two approved candidates were Ali Abdullah Salih, the incumbent president, and Najib Qahtan al-Sha'bi, son of a former president of south Yemen (before unification with the north).
		In effect, the election is not so much a contest to decide who will be president as an attempt to legitimise his position and to measure his approval rating among the public.
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/pol/pres99/election99.htm (710 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		Flaws in Yemen's Election and Political Processes: A significant number of critical flaws are apparent in Yemen's election and political processes that must be addressed effectively and in a sustained fashion if democratic progress is to be advanced, otherwise public confidence in Yemen's commitment to democracy could be damaged.
		No election official nor any security official attempted to stop this obvious violation of the election law's prohibitions against campaigning on election day and attempting to influence the choice of voters in polling stations; similar tactics were used in other locations in Constituency #10.
		In Sana'a Constituency #10, a domestic election monitor and all three election officials told NDI observers of 80-100 persons from the police academy marking their ballots in the open for the ruling party within view of their superior officers, even though the election officials instructed the voters to go into the voting booths.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/mena/yemen/statements/prelimstatement_042903.asp (3058 words)

	Yemen
		Multi-party elections - the first in the Arabian peninsula - were held in April 1993 and appeared to consolidate the unification.
		Lieutenant-General Ali Abdullah Saleh, leader of the GPC and former president of North Yemen, who had led Yemen against the secessionist forces in the civil war, was re-appointed in 1994 to a five-year term as president of united Yemen.
		Yemen continues to suffer the repercussions of its pro-Iraqi stance in the 1991 Gulf War.
	www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive2/yemen/yemen.htm (761 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Yemen elections draw 5 million to the polls; president likely to be re-elected
		Yemen elections draw 5 million to the polls; president likely to be re-elected
		SAN'A, Yemen — Roughly 5 million of 9.2 million eligible voters went to the polls here Wednesday in combined presidential and local elections, concluding a heated and sometimes deadly monthlong campaign.
		Saleh, president of North Yemen and commander in chief of the armed forces prior to unification in 1990, emerged as Yemen's leader when the end of the Cold War led to the collapse of the Socialist government in South Yemen and concluded more than a decade of conflict.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003268470_yemen21.html (623 words)

	History of Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.
		Yemen held its first direct presidential elections in September 1999, electing President Ali Abdallah Saleh to a 5-year term in what were generally considered free and fair elections.
		In April 2003, the third multiparty parliamentary elections were held with improvements in voter registration for both men and women and in a generally free and fair atmosphere.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/yemen.html (1672 words)

	PCR Blog » Photo Essay \| Election Monitoring in Yemen
		Despite these obstacles, the recent presidential elections were considered mostly free and fair by international observers, even though some irregularities were cited, notably in rural areas. President Ali Abdullah Saleh received 77% of the vote, but he faced a credible opposition candidate for the first time.
		Yemen is a close political ally, and has been key in assisting the United States in the ‘war’ on terrorism, including stopping foreign fighters from going to Iraq.
		Yemen could lead the way for democracy in the Arab world: the press is considered relatively free, the democracy agenda melds with the local culture, religious freedom exists, and there is a lively public debate about government corruption, human rights and women’s rights.
	pcrproject.com /blog/?p=122 (417 words)

	Democracy in Yemen? The Arabian peninsula's first contested presidential election.
		Yemen's cutthroat presidential campaigning is an anomaly in the Middle East, where the idea of having a military general who has ruled for over a quarter-century mount a campaign for reelection would sound preposterous to many.
		Yemen is a tribal society, with mountainous regions that are home to numerous armed groups, including jihadist militants, which the Saleh regime has found increasingly difficult to control.
		Yemen is in desperate need of foreign aid, which has been curtailed by the World Bank and the IMF in response to the Saleh regime's corruption.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1716247/posts (1570 words)

	PDF-Yemen.com Yemen Political Development Forum
		At present, Yemen uses a constructed French system, but for such a system to function well, there must be a high degree of political awareness such as exists in France, but not in Yemen.
		The armed and security forces in Yemen have enjoyed considerable societal support, and they gained an exceptional place in the past, during the official revolutionary order that was prevalent during those times.
		Yemen has no choice if it is to survive and develop.
	www.pdf-yemen.com /eview_f.php?Type=Forum&ID=1008111409051449119 (1459 words)

	Parliamentary Elections in Yemen and Constitutional Referendum in Qatar
		On Sunday, April 27, the Republic of Yemen conducted parliamentary elections, the third in its history, based on principles of universal suffrage and direct ballots.
		Initial reports indicate that the election was mostly free and fair, with voter turnout estimated at 75 percent and greatly increased the participation of women voters since the last round in 1997.
		These are important developments for Yemen, Qatar, and the region as a whole, and we will continue to work as partners with Yemen and Qatar -- and our friends throughout the region -- as they build the institutions and practices of a democratic society.
	www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/20086.htm (347 words)

	Democracy in Yemen?
		This is in sharp contrast to Yemen's previous presidential "elections," in which Saleh received 96 percent of the vote.
		Recent "free elections" elsewhere in the Middle East have resulted in votes for the authoritarian incumbent of 88.6 percent (in Egypt) and 94.5 percent (in Tunisia).
		Yemen's cutthroat presidential campaigning is an anomaly in the Middle East, where the idea of having a military general who has ruled for over a quarter-century mount a campaign for reelection would sound preposterous to many.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Check.asp?idArticle=12790&r=lxtbt (563 words)

	Yemen: Assessing the Feasibility of Computer-Assisted Delimitation — ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
		Local elections are to be held in September 2006; therefore the delimitation process must be completed by the end of 2005 (before voter registration for the 2006 election commences).
		Moreover, including political data in the GIS database in Yemen would be very difficult because the units for which political data are available (election results are reported for voting centers) are not the same geographic units that would be employed for delimitation (census enumeration areas will have to be used to draw constituencies).
		Yemen would not be unique in adopting this approach; many countries have expressly forbidden boundary authorities from considering political data when drawing constituency boundaries [19].
	aceproject.org /ace-en/topics/bd/bdy/bdy_ye (4378 words)

	meepas Yemen country profile — Yemen politics, Political snapshot
		One of the redeeming strengths of Yemen's Political infrastructure is the country's vibrant multi party electoral system where the political party in power has to stand against opposition parties in elections and in parliamentary debates, as enshrined in Article 39 of the Yemeni Constitution.
		The election winner is determined in accordance to the majority of seats won for the 301 seats in the House of Representatives.
		The winners of the last elections were the General Popular Conference with 225 seats, followed by the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (al-Tajmu al-Yamani li al-Islah) won 50 seats, and the Yemeni Socialist Party won 7 seats only.
	www.meepas.com /Yemenpoliticalsnapshot.htm (602 words)

	Bush at the UN: Annotated
		Citizens have voted in municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, in parliamentary elections in Jordan and Bahrain, and in multiparty presidential elections in Yemen and Egypt.
		Around the forthcoming presidential elections in Yemen, the government and police have been openly pushing for the incumbent's re-election amid widespread allegations of voter intimidation, ballot-rigging, vote-buying, and registration fraud.
		Last year's presidential elections in Egypt were even worse than Yemen's in that the U.S.-backed Mubarak regime declared the largest opposition party illegal, effectively banned independent candidates, severely restricted media access and publication rights of opposition campaigns, and refused to allow international observers.
	www.commondreams.org /views06/0920-34.htm (2700 words)

	IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: Yemen - Elections
		While EU election monitors on ground praised the organization and openness of the election, they signaled several instances of intimidation and unlawful voting.
		Yemenis are voting in elections seen as a test of government commitment to reform.
		Yemen's governing party again fails to agree on a candidate for presidential elections in September.
	www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=237 (337 words)

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