Waging Peace: Ecuador

Monitoring Elections

2007 Constituent Assembly Election
In response to an invitation by the Supreme Electoral Court  of Ecuador, The Carter Center fielded an electoral observation mission during the Constituent Assembly election held on Sept. 30, 2007.

According to reports from Carter Center observers, who worked in close collaboration with the missions of the Organization of American States and the European Union, on Sept. 30, despite some procedural problems, Ecuadorians turned out to vote in a peaceful, orderly, and legitimate election.

2008 Constitutional Approval Referendum
The Carter Center fielded a second electoral observation mission during Ecuador's constitutional approval referendum on Sept. 28, 2008, at the invitation of Ecuador's Supreme Electoral Court.

After the new constitution was approved, the Center continued to monitor and report on the transition process in Ecuador.    At the end of 2008, The Carter Center monitored and reported on the process of appointment of the temporary electoral authorities of Ecuador (National Electoral Council and the Litigious Electoral Tribunal).

CPCCS Selection Process
The Carter Center also monitored the selection process of the interim members of the Council on Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), which took place between December 2008 and January 2009.

In March and April 2009, The Carter Center invited experts to facilitate workshops with the CPCCS to assist the drafting of the law to regulate the permanent CPCCS, and to inform the media on citizen participation and oversight issues.