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IFES Chief of Party in Tunisia Nicolas Kaczorowski, right, speaks with participants inside a polling center in the District of Columbia.
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IFES and the Swedish Embassy co-hosted an Election Night reception at the House of Sweden, where guests watched elections results come in.
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Participants gather in the U.S. Capitol Vistor Center before a tour of the U.S. Capitol on the final day of the program.
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Wednesday’s panel discussions of voter identification laws in the United States and adjudication of election disputes took place in the Russell Senate Office Building’s Kennedy Caucus Room on Capitol Hill.
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Justice Shahzad Akbar Khan, member of the Election Commission of Pakistan, Bajram Ljatifi, member of the Central Election Commission of Kosovo, and Shabir Ahmed, IFES deputy chief of party in Pakistan, enjoy the Election Night reception at the House of Sw
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U.S. Election Program participants and guests of the Swedish and Norwegian embassies watch election coverage at the House of Sweden.
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Participants tour the headquarters of international broadcasting agency Voice of America (VOA). During the afternoon on Election Day, participants had the option of visiting VOA or additional polling stations.
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Participants obtain permission to watch as a voter casts his ballot.
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An election official, left, speaks with U.S. Election Program participants about the voting process at his polling center.
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Elections expert Professor Thad Hall of the University of Utah, right, speaks to participants inside a polling center in the District of Columbia. Participants also visited polling centers in Maryland and Virginia on Election Day.
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U.S. Election Program participants meet with campaign representatives and election officials outside a polling center.
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Participants take part in an Election Day breakfast briefing featuring Commission on Presidential Debates Co-Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf, IFES Board of Directors Chairman Peter Kelly and IFES President and CEO Bill Sweeney before a tour of area polling stat
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Christian Monsod is joined by his family and Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia Jr. during the Joe C. Baxter Award reception.
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Christian Monsod, left, former chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections and an electoral advocate, accepts the 2012 Joe C. Baxter Award during a reception November 5.
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Following a plenary session on election accessibility for persons with disabilities, participants in a hands-on simulation had a chance to experience some of the challenges faced by voters with disabilities.
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Participants engaged with experts in conversations about elections in the United States and around the world.
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Speakers Rakesh Sharma, Carol Sahley, Ben Goldsmith and Mike McNulty discuss the new publication <em>Implementing and Overseeing Electronic Voting and Counting Technologies.
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Participants take notes during an overview of the U.S. electoral system on the first day of the U.S. Election Program.
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The first two days of the U.S. Election Program explored a variety of topics and issues related to elections in the United States and around the world.