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Election Monitoring
Elections are a key component of democratization. Timing and credibility are critical however. This essay examines both and explores the use of election monitors as an approach to ensuring the integrity of the elections.
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Electoral Processes
Elections are a key component of democratization. Timing and credibility are critical however. This essay examines both and explores the use of election monitors as an approach to ensuring the integrity of the elections.
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Electoral Processes
Electoral processes have been widely challenged with charges of gerrymandering, voter suppression, illegitimate voters, erroneous counting, and unfair (though legal) procedures (such as the U.S. electoral college which sometimes allows a candidate who lost the popular vote still win the presidential election).
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Establishing Electoral Integrity
Trusted elections are key to stable democracies. All eligible voters must be allowed to vote, and they must have confidence that their vote was actually counted correctly. When charges of election fraud are widespread, even if untrue, that can greatly weaken a democracy.
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US Electoral Politics
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The Carter Center and Team Democracy Unite to Advance Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections
This strategic alliance aims to strengthen the core values of democracy and electoral integrity as defined in the Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections, a national, cross-partisan effort.
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Election Integrity
False claims of fraud are driving attempts to interfere with the independent, nonpartisan counting of votes and certification of election results. The Brennan Center explains why this matters and what to do about it.
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Election Integrity
There is more to democracy than free and fair elections, but there can be no democracy without them. A set of articles from Freedom House on assuring electoral integrity.
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Protect Electoral Integrity and Enhance Voter Participation
An analysis from the National Academy of Public Administration, looking especially at the role of public agencies and administrators in ensuring fair and safe elections.
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ABA's Defending Democracy Initiative
The Defending Democracy initiative educates the public on the important role that election workers play in our democratic process and promotes the public's trust in our electoral process
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Rebound in Confidence: American Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections
A report from Bright Line Watch that found that public confidence in the American election processes improved after the November 2022 midterm elections.
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The Hewlett Foundation's U.S. Democracy Program
The U.S. Democracy Program makes grants to strengthen America's electoral and governing institutions and, in doing so, build public trust in our democracy.