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Officials check ballots and seals in Pakistan. © Usman Shafiq
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A polling station, for men only, opens in Yemen. In the back, a polling staff member shows the ballot box was empty before being sealed. © Philippe De Bard
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The presiding officer of a polling station in Lospalos, Timor Leste, reads the marks on each ballot paper out loud, enabling domestic and international observers, as well as party agents, to closely monitor the process. © Nena Lukin
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Ballot papers are prepared for counting in the district of Dili, Timor Leste, during 2012 parliamentary elections. © Carla Luis
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A presiding officer of a polling station in Nairobi, Kenya, illustrates the proper marking of a ballot paper to party agents and observers. © Nena Lukin
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Winner: Electoral Integrity and Transparency To ensure transparency, the presiding officer and his staff show empty ballot boxes before sealing them in Pakistan. © Farheen Rifat Abbasi
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Winner: Inclusion and Empowerment
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A young woman looks for her name on the electoral roll for the 2013 Malian presidential election. © Tom Richardson
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Two Cameroon voter registration officers carry biometric voter registration equipment and a portable generator on their backs as they trek between forest villages. © Thaddeus Menang
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A community facilitator works with a voter during a training session on electoral participation of person with disabilities in Nepal. © Suraj Sigdel
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Winner: Citizen Participation
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Protesters wave the Turkish flag during mass demonstrations against the government and the destruction of Gezi Park. © Nikola Mihov
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Ballots are sorted as polls close during the 2013 Pakistan general elections. © Mauricio Claudio
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Political party celebrating in Bo Region, Sierra Leone. © Lydia Lecheva
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Young people dance at a rally in Hargeisa in the lead up to Somaliland’s local council elections in November 2012. © Kate Stanworth
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Women campaign at a rally in Hargeisa in the lead up to Somaliland’s local council elections in November 2012. © Kate Stanworth
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Early Voting
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Winner: IFES Choice
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Typically, illiterate Kenyan communities have been excluded from participating in democratic processes. However, mock ballot exercises, as pictured here, teach community members how to identify key features of a ballot and overcome the fear of using unfam
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A young boy watches people queuing at a polling station before polls open in Timor Leste. © Carla Luis