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Network members have also provided organizational development , strategic planning , media and campaign finance monitoring assistance to national election monitoring efforts in Nicaragua ( 2000 municipal elections ) , Peru ( 2001 presidential elections ) , Ecuador ( 2002 presidential elections ) , Guatemala ( 2003 presidential elections ) and the Dominican Republic ( 2004 presidential elections ) . Through the civic education effort , NDI helped both partner and recipient grassroots NGOs increase their organizational capacities by learning to develop and organize voter education efforts in 21 Guatemalan departments - reaching more than 10,000 pollwatchers and 40,000 voters directly . In an effort to assist Middle Eastern and North African countries to develop and sustain democratic forms of governance , the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ( NDI ) conducts programs throughout the region to monitor elections , strengthen political parties and increase citizen involvement in political processes . In addition , NDI and its NGO partners presented and distributed 40,000 copies of a 42-page booklet to the public , in Arabic and Kurdish , on the structure and role of the National Assembly . Using a competitive application process , NDI selects young political leaders , who range in age from 25 to 35 , on the basis of five years of political experience and a track record of leadership and political activism . But screw up the case of who stole their bike and you're dead to them .