1. The Year in Elections (2015)

    This report compares the quality of elections around the world. The evidence gathered by the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) compares elections and any problems diagnosed across all eleven components of the electoral cycle. The full dataset allows comparison from mid-2012 to end-2015 in 180 nation-wide parliamentary and presidential contests held in 139 sovereign nations (excluding […]

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  2. National Democratic Institute (NDI)

    Now in our 35th year, the National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization that supports democratic institutions and practices in every region of the world. NDI and its local partners help strengthen political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. Our mission is working for democracy and making […]

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  3. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

    IFES is the global leader in democracy promotion, advancing good governance and democratic rights by providing technical assistance to election officials; empowering the underrepresented to participate in the political process; and applying field-based research to improve the electoral cycle.

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  4. Center for Democracy and Technology

    Our work is aimed at addressing key election cybersecurity issues, such as election official training, technical volunteer capacity building, social media disinformation campaigns, and robust post-election auditing.

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  5. Primary Education: Election Reform and the 2004 Presidential Race

    In this report, electionline.org and The Century Foundation examined national election reform issues around the country that will have an impact on the 2004 primary election season. It also specifically examines changes to voting procedures – and potential voting problems – in the 22 early primary states that will be the key battlegrounds as the […]

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  6. Ready for 2002, Forgetting 2000 (January 2002)

    Despite arguments in the halls of Congress that the nation’s election system is teetering on the verge of collapse, state and local election officials say they are more than ready for the 2002 elections, without new federal standards or money, without increased budgets and without new technology.

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  7. Election Preview (2008)

    Eight years after the 2000 election exposed some limitations of the American voting process – and six years after passage of a federal law intended to address those limitations – voters return to the polls to choose a president and thousands of other elected officials across the country. When they do, they will encounter an […]

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  8. Election Preview (2004)

    The goal is to set the “state of play” immediately before Election Day. By now machines have been purchased, laws and regulations set and registration closed in many states. In many parts of the country and abroad voting has already begun.This report is intended to serve as both retrospective and reference on “Election Reform 2004: […]

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