#electoral-reform

#electoral-reform

The Taoiseach has rejected suggestions that the nomination process for the presidential election is "anti-democratic" after a failure of Independent candidates to get on the ballot prompted calls for changes to the rules.

Jamaat-e-Islami placed a seven-point demand on the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election, justice for all mass killings, essential reforms, and a charter for last year's mass uprising.

Ministers are changing the voting system for mayoral elections, moving to a preferential system to ensure candidates have broader support rather than first-past-the-post.

The Election Commission of India has mandated that nearly 80 million voters in Bihar must re-register or risk being classified as suspected foreign nationals, leading to fears of disenfranchisement.