POLITICS
Jo Anne Barnhart: Transparent environment in Azerbaijan creates basis for fair elections

Baku, October 29, AZERTAC
The pre-elections process has been held at the highest level that creates a basis for fair and just elections, Chief of Operations for the Exit Poll to be conducted by the Citizens Labour Rights Protection League and AJF and Associates Jo Anne Barnhart told secki-2015.az website.
She said that some 25 experts from US have arrived in Azerbaijan to conduct exit-poll on November 1.
“We’d held an exit-poll at the presidential elections in 2013 in Azerbaijan. So we have a practice in this field. Our local associates are professors, teachers and students. Azerbaijan has a good practice in holding elections,” Jo Anne Barnhart added.
Touching upon the pressure of some Western organizations against Azerbaijan, she stressed that they had not met any impediments during the pre-election process.