Professors Without Borders

Alexander I. Gray is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as member of the Core Team of the independent EU Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia 2010 to observe the House of Peoples’ representatives and State Council election on May 23, 2010. In short, the “observers will be deployed to every region in the country, where they will meet with local electoral officials, candidates, party representatives, civil society organizations, and voters, among others. They will follow the election preparations, political campaigns, the complaints and appeals process and the announcement of results. On Election Day they will observe all phases of the election, from the opening of polling stations, to voting, closing and counting, as well as the aggregation of results.” More information about the mission and methodology, photos etc. can be accessed through the website dedidated to election observations in Ethiopia.