Elections across the world faced a wide range of pressures on electoral integrity in 2025, from violence and mis- and disinformation to electoral management malfunctions, cyber attacks and natural hazards, our new report shows. The Review of the 2025 Year of Elections: Inclusivity, Transparency and Trust was produced by International IDEA and the Electoral Integrity Project. I…Read more Electoral integrity under pressure as elections faced persistent threats in 2025
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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
