Author | Schmeets, Hans. author |
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Title | The 1997 Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina [electronic resource] : An Analysis of the Observations / by Hans Schmeets |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5314-0 |
Descript | 279 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 2 Backgrounds of the elections -- Towards the municipal elections -- The 1996 elections -- Registration -- Municipal elections -- 3 Observation methodology -- Deployment plan -- Observers: who, where and when -- Data processing and analysing -- The design of the questionnaire -- 4 The observation of the vote -- Overall opinion and observed problems and irregularities -- Voters and Polling Station Committee -- People present, party representatives, security measures and disruptions -- Regular, absentee, cross-municipality and return from out-of-country polling stations -- 5 Observersโcomments -- Number of comments -- Observersโ comments, 1996 and 1997 -- Categories: examples of comments -- 6 Relationships -- General assessment -- Other overall opinions -- Types of polling stations -- 7 The regional profile -- Overall opinions -- Specific problems and irregularities -- Registration -- People present, party representatives, security measures and disruptions -- Representatives of parties and coalitions -- Observersโ comments -- 8 The observation of the counting of the votes -- Overall opinions -- Duration of vote count -- Preparations for the count -- The count of the ballots -- The count of the invalid ballots -- Packing materials at the polling station -- People present and reported irregularities -- 9 Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Annex 1 The Dayton Agreement (Annex 3) -- Annex 2 The OSCE/ODIHR statements -- Annex 3 Parties, coalitions and independent candidates in 1996 -- Annex 4 Outcomes of the 1996 elections -- Annex 5 Parties and coalitions in 1997 -- Annex 6 Outcomes of the 1997 municipal elections (distribution of seats) -- Annex 7 Report on Observation of Voting -- Annex 8 Report on Observation of Counting -- Annex 9 Report on the Opening and Closing of Polling Stations -- Annex 10 Observersโ Comments by region -- Annex 11 Observations by municipalities in 1997