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OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Parliamentary Elections, 4 March 2007

Type:

Election assessment mission

Country:

Estonia

Mission at a glance

  • Head of Mission: Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
  • 13 elections experts

Mission schedule

  • 20 February: Mission opens
  • 4 March: Election day

Following an invitation from the Estonian government, the ODIHR has deployed an election assessment mission ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for the 4 March 2007.

The mission, led by Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), will include 13 election experts and staff.

The purpose of the mission will be to assess and report on the overall framework for the conduct of elections in Estonia with regard to OSCE commitments for holding democratic elections. The mission will meet relevant governmental authorities, in particular with the National Electoral Committee, as well as with candidates, political parties, civil society and the media.

Among other election-related issues, the mission will follow the use of remote voting by internet, which will be the first countrywide use of the internet as a voting method in a parliamentary election in an OSCE participating State.

The OSCE/ODIHR does not intend to carry out a systematic or comprehensive observation of the voting, counting and tabulation on election day, but the team of experts does plan to visit several polling stations across the country to follow procedures on election day.

The OSCE/ODIHR has previously deployed election observation missions to Estonia for the Riigikogu elections held in 1995 and 1999.

Election Assessment Team

Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia): Head of Mission
Paul DeGregorio (USA): Election Expert
Igor Popov (Ukraine): Election Expert
Roumen Maleev (Bulgaria): Election Expert
Marian Gabriel (Slovakia): Election Expert 
Tamara Otiashvili (Georgia): Junior Election Expert
Herman Ruddijs (Netherlands): Electronic Voting Expert 
Henri Snyers (Belgium): Electronic Voting Expert 
Vladimir Pran (Croatia): Electronic Voting Expert 
Melanie Volkamer (Germany): Electronic Voting Expert 
Robert Lech (Poland): Election/Logistics Expert 
Mihai Gribincea (Moldova): Senior Adviser, OSCE Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities 
Przemyslaw Wasik (Poland): OSCE/ODIHR Finance Officer