Safeguarding Election Management Bodies in the Age of Democratic Recession

There is strong evidence that we have entered into a democratic recession – where the quality of democracy is being reversed around the world. As the organisations responsible for running elections, election management bodies (EMBs) are at the fulcrum of the challenge of protecting democracy. This special issue on ‘Safeguarding Election Management Bodies in the…Read more Safeguarding Election Management Bodies in the Age of Democratic Recession

International Electoral Awards: Elections During Emergencies and Crises Book Project Wins

It was a great honor to have received an International Electoral Award at the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies Symposium and Awards Ceremony. A team of Erik Asplund, Alistair Clark, Holly Ann Garnett were awarded the International Institutional Engagement Award. It was for our ESRC funded project on the impact of covid-19 on electoral integrity. We ran the project live…Read more International Electoral Awards: Elections During Emergencies and Crises Book Project Wins

The EIP ECPR Workshop in Prague in Review

The Electoral Integrity Project hosted an workshop on ‘New Developments in Electoral Integrity Research’ at the ECPR General Conference in Prague, September 2023. The workshop was co-convened by Leontine Loeber, Holly Ann Garnett and Toby James. Holly Ann Garnett and Toby James introduced a proposed new framework for evaluating electoral integrity and reconfiguration of the…Read more The EIP ECPR Workshop in Prague in Review

The Third International iEIP Conference in Review

The Electoral Integrity Project held it’s third international online conference in July 2023. Around 500 participants joining from over 60 countries this year. There was an action packed agenda of 14 panels across the week. The workshop brought the EIP into it’s 12th year of conferences. The workshop comes at an important moment in time.…Read more The Third International iEIP Conference in Review

Global Electoral Integrity Report 2023 published

The new report from the Electoral Integrity Project has reported that election quality has held steady around the world – and increased in many countries.  There have been widespread concerns about democratic backsliding around the world with the US launching a Summit for Democracy, asking countries to make commitments to support democratic reform.  The Electoral…Read more Global Electoral Integrity Report 2023 published

Automatic voter registration is the key for better registers, new article shows

Voter registration reform is being discussed in many countries. What improves register quality? Holly Ann Garnett and I evaluate electoral register quality in 159 countries in a new research paper. We find that automatic voter registration ('AVR') improves *both* completeness and accuracy. This is significant because many contemporary debates suggest that there is often a…Read more Automatic voter registration is the key for better registers, new article shows

Elections in Emergencies and Crisis – book launched in the Swiss Parliament

A new book on holding Elections During Emergencies and Crises is out now, and free to download. It seeks to learn the lessons from holding elections during the pandemic for future emergency situations. Elections often have to be held in emergency situations. The Covid-19 pandemic was one of the most serious emergency situations that the…Read more Elections in Emergencies and Crisis – book launched in the Swiss Parliament