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1 November 2007
Final Report of the Technical Misson: Observing the 2006 Presidential Elections in Venezuela  (PDF)
In response to an invitation from the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), The Carter Center organized a specialized, technical mission to observe the use of automated voting technology employed in the Dec. 3, 2006, presidential elections in Venezuela.

1 October 2007
Developing a Methodology for Observing Electronic Voting (PDF)
The increasing use of new electronic voting (e-voting) technologies in elections around the world has been recognized by the international election observation community as one of the paramount challenges facing election observation today. As a whole, international election observation organizations have had relatively little experience observing elections in which e-voting technologies are used. In addition, the inherent lack of transparency of electronic voting technologies discourages easy observation.

23 March 2007
Building Concensus on Principles for International Election Observation [PDF]
This brief report outlines the consensus-building process that led to the endorsement of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of conduct for International Election Observers and discusses some of the continuing challenges facing the election observation community as a whole (PDF format).

1 Jun 1998
Democratisation From The Outside In: NGO and International Efforts to Promote Open Elections (No. 107) [PDF]
Reprint of an article by Wesleyan University's Vikram K. Chand that discusses the growth of international and NGO monitoring efforts and assesses their scope, contribution, and limits (PDF format).

1 Nov 1996
The Journey to Democracy: 1986-1996 [PDF]
Report chronicling the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Governments' role in the democratization of Latin America and the Caribbean through election-monitoring and other activities. Foreword by Jimmy Carter and introduction by Robert Pastor (PDF format).

1 Jun 1993
Moderating Ethnic Tensions by Electoral Mediation [PDF]
An overview of the role of international mediators in the electoral process, with special focus on the October 1992 elections in Guyana. A Carter Center publication by David J. Carroll and Robert A. Pastor, June 1993 (PDF format).

1 Nov 1992
The International Observation of the U.S. Elections (Vol. III, No. 1, November 1992) [PDF]
Report from the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government and the Latin American and Caribbean Program of a visit by a Mexican team to observe the 1992 U.S. elections (PDF format).

1 Mar 1988
Myth, Reality, and the Future in Southern Africa: Challenges for a New Administration [PDF]
Report from the conference, "Myth, Reality, and the Future in Southern Africa: Challenges for a New Administration," a policy briefing sponsored by The Carter Center and the Ford Foundation in March 1988 (PDF format).