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When is it democratic to postpone an election?

When is it democratic to postpone an election? Surprisingly, there is very little political science/legal literature on this question. Sead Alihodzic of International IDEA and I provide an answer to...

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New Directions for Policy Studies

Policy Studies is a long-standing journal concerned with public policy and governance.  Like the real world that it studies, the journal itself has undergone many changes since it was launched. From...

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Call for Papers: The Legacy of Trump and Trumpism

The Trump presidency has been one of the most eventful and controversial in American history, with consequences for the governance and policy of the United States and beyond.   His time in office saw...

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Should the English elections be postponed (again)?

Drawing from our project with International IDEA on covid and elections, Alistair Clark and I called for urgent action to make the elections in England covid-ready: UK government has delayed elections...

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Free to download: Comparative Electoral Management

My recent book on Comparative Electoral Management is currently free to download on Amazon as a Kindle book. Get it quick, before the flash-sale disappears. Please check Amazon in your respective...

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How will English polling stations compare to international practices, during...

(This text is being updated as new measures are announced/clarified). Last updated: 1st March 2020. We now know a lot more about how the local elections in England will take place, this May. There had...

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Covid and Elections – new case study on lessons from Spain available

The covid pandemic has been a profound challenge to electoral integrity worldwide. Our research project on covid and elections, funded by UKRI, has been tracing developments worldwide and identifying...

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Covid and Elections – new case study on lessons from Ghana available

The covid pandemic has been a profound challenge to electoral integrity worldwide. Our research project on covid and elections, funded by UKRI, has been tracing developments worldwide and identifying...

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Voter ID in Britain?

The UK government plans to introduce voter Id requirements into polling stations in Britain as part of the Electoral Integrity Bill. In this Policy Brief from the Electoral Integrity Project you can...

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Future directions in electoral integrity research

The Electoral Integrity Project hosted an online workshop in July 2021. I chaired the opening session, which you can watch here:

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Electoral Integrity Project Fellowships

The EIP is advertising fellowships for practitioner and academics to undertake research on electoral integrity. Deadline 30 October 2021 See: https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com/news

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Informational Democracy Promotion

There has long been considerable interest in how to promote democracy. Little academic literature has considered the attempts to promote best practices informationally via gray literature. This new...

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How to improve elections podcast

We have a new podcast series coming soon. It will feature ideas from around the globe on how to improve elections around the globe. Listen to the trailer and then follow new episodes by searching ‘how...

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UK Electoral Data

The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust have commissioned Paul Bernal and I to look at the topic of UK Electoral Data. The electoral process generates enormous volumes of data. The widespread availability of...

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Call for Papers: Global Electoral Integrity Conference

The Electoral Integrity Project has issued a call for papers for the online only Global Electoral Integrity Conference in July 2022. The call for papers is for 1 March 2022 For more information, please...

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The UK Elections Bill will remove the Electoral Commission’s independence

The Elections Bill is working it’s way through the UK Parliament and some of the reforms would remove independence from the Electoral Commission, by allowing the government to set ‘Strategy and Policy...

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Global Electoral Integrity Report 2019-21 Published

The Electoral Integrity’s Global Electoral Integrity Report 2019-21 was been published! The report finds that: Electoral integrity remains the highest in Nordic countries: Finland, Sweden, and Denmark....

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How the Elections Act is changing UK elections

Only days before the 2022 May elections, new laws have been rushed through parliament, with amendments and approval (Royal Assent) occuring within the space of less than 24 hours. This means that in...

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Governance and Public Administration in China

A new special issue of Policy Studies is out now on Governance and Public Administration in China. You can read the introduction for free here:...

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The Routledge Handbook of Election Law

An excellent new book has been published, giving an essential guide to election law. It is from an international perspective and covers ‘big themes’ as well as country specific studies. The Routledge...

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