<P> IDEA offers several online databases including a Global Database on Elections and Democracy . Anyone can access data on topics such as voter turnout, electoral system design, quotas for women and political finance laws and regulations . </P> <P> IDEA has been granted UN observer status . </P> <P> International IDEA's founding member states were Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden . </P> <P> There are 29 members . They are Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay . </P>

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