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Tbilisi Election Reform Delegation Meets with Institute Government Experts

A delegation from Tbilisi, Georgia, with representatives from several election reform organizations, visited the Vinson Institute to listen to and ask questions of the Institute's government specialists. The Georgian group and Institute faculty discussed federal, state and local election process; election law; campaign finance reform; and federal government structure.

Vinson Institute senior public service associate Jim Stephens and International Center associate director Rusty Brooks moderated the sessions, and public service associate Wes Clarke gave a presentation on the subject of U.S. government structure. The meeting took place in the context of new Georgian electoral and campaign finance reform laws that the country passed ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections.

Delegation members included Giorgi Kekelishvili, auditor at the Chamber of Control of Georgia; Nina Khatiskatsi, program director at Transparency International of Georgia; Lela Taliuri, elections project coordinator at the Georgian Young Lawyers Association; Maia Tsiklauri, reporter for Liberali, LLC; Nato Zaalishvili, general counsel for the Georgian Chamber of Control; and Tinatin Museridze, senior administrator and financial manager for the Georgia Branch Office of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.

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