Legislative / Parliament

The Pew Center on the States issued a report in 2012 saying the nation's voter registration system was "plagued with errors and inefficiencies that waste taxpayer dollars, undermine voter confidence, and fuel partisan disputes over the integrity of our elections." The report urged states to expand online voter registration and other online tools to allow voters to update their information, saying paper-based systems presented several opportunities for errors.

A Labour MP broke the Commons code of conduct by accepting payment for hosting events for a drug company in Parliament, it has been found.

Several Lithuanian solcialdemocratic party members who are holding public offices in Vilkviskis region single-member constituency were accused of working with the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on his election campaign without taking the official time off from their primary duties.

Lithuania's Law enforcement institutions began several investigations on possible election fraud in Silute region constituency. The members of the political party "Tvarka ir teisingumas" are suspected of vote buying and related illegal actions during the first round of parliamentary election held on 9 October.

Despite the ongoing investigation on possible parliamentary election fraud in Lithuania Silute single-member constituency, Chief Electoral Commission allowed to organize the second election round.

On Sunday Lithuania's police authorities received 44 notices on possible fraudulent activities during the parliamentary election. Based on the evidence, authorities began two pre-trial investigations.

Crisis-hit Macedonia on Wednesday (18 May) postponed elections due next month, after the European Union called on Skopje to delay the polls in order to ensure they could take place freely and fairly.

Many billions of euros of taxes companys save every year - legally. A long time there was a controversial discussion in the EU, how they should handle with such actions. Now the Commission wants to introduce new rules.

The controversial whistleblower who resigned from the DUP after allegations against one of the party's special advisers has been selected by Ulster Unionist Party to fight the Assembly election.