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Better workers, better elections? Electoral management body workforces and electoral integrity worldwide [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Political Science Review, 2019
Building better elections is a central task for the study of democracy and democratisation. Despite this, there have been no cross-national studies on the staff who manage and implement elections: electoral management body (EMB) workforces. This article provides the first macroscopic worldwide picture of workforce characteristics, human resource ...
Appelbaum Eileen   +14 more
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The Rise of Electoral Management Bodies: Diffusion and Effects [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Journal of Comparative Law, 2021
AbstractElectoral Management Bodies (EMBs) are commonly established to increase electoral legitimacy by designing, implementing and/or enforcing rules surrounding nominations, polling, voting, and tabulation. Globally however, EMB design, governance, and efficacy vary considerably.
Malcolm Langford   +2 more
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The Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Political Science Yearbook, 2018
In December 2017 and January 2018, the Sejm and Senate, thanks to the votes of the deputies of ruling party Law and Justice, passed hugely controversial law amending inter alia Polish Electoral Code.
Michał Pietkiewicz
doaj   +1 more source

Electoral system reviews in New Zealand, Britain and Canada: a critical comparison [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article compares the use of people outside government to consider electoral reform in three countries using the single-member plurality electoral system.
Milner, Thomas Carl Lundberg
core   +1 more source

Niezależność polskiej administracji wyborczej – uwagi de lege lata i postulaty de lege ferenda

open access: yesActa Iuris Stetinensis, 2023
Until 2018, the organization of the Polish election administration ensured its impartiality and independence. According to the amendment to the Electoral Code made in 2018, the electoral administration has become much more susceptible to the influence of
Konrad Rydel, Marek Piotr Kaczmarczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Including peace: the influence of electoral management bodies on electoral violence

open access: yesJournal of Eastern African Studies, 2013
What accounts for the difference between peaceful and violent elections in semi-authoritarian countries? This article analyses the influence of electoral management bodies (EMBs) on the likelihood of widespread violence triggered by opposition protest during election times.
Opitz, Christian   +2 more
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Poll Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Electoral malpractices are commonly thought to occur in polling stations. This chapter makes the normative case for electoral management bodies (EMBs) around the world routinely using poll worker surveys.
Clark, Alistair, James, Toby S.
core   +1 more source

COMPOSITION OF ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES AND ITS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE

open access: yesСовременная наука и инновации, 2022
The composition of the electoral management bodies has been studied by domestic scholars within the administrative law context. Less attention has been paid to the political consequences of models of electoral authorities' composition.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Grishin
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Understanding the emotional act of voting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
To understand voting behaviour, we must consider voters' emotions and their interaction with electoral arrangements and the complex functions elections serve in democracies.
Bruter, Michael, Harrison, Sarah
core   +1 more source

Institution of Non-Partisan Election Observers in the Polish Electoral Law

open access: yesHistoria i Polityka, 2020
The paper discusses a new institution in the Polish electoral law – namely, non-partisan citizen election observers. This institution, next to scrutineers and international election observers known previously to the Polish electoral system, is intended ...
Magdalena Wrzalik
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