Electoral Management Institutions And Practices In An Established Democracy

Author : Fiona Buckley,Theresa Reidy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317189800

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Electoral Management: Institutions and Practices in an Established Democracy by Fiona Buckley,Theresa Reidy Pdf

Over the last three decades, electoral reform has moved centre stage in both new and established democracies. In Europe, the post 1989 democratisation wave brought important debates about electoral system choice and free and fair elections. But electoral reform also emerged on the agenda in a number of established democracies. Declining political participation, corruption scandals and party finance irregularities put the management of the democratic process on the political agenda. Election administration problems such as those in the Gore Bush election of 2000 thrust electoral integrity into the global political spotlight. In this edited collection, we are primarily concerned with the mechanics of how elections are run. Elections are complex administrative tasks and as International IDEA points out, they are also usually administered against a politically charged backdrop. This book brings together specialists to consider the election management process using diverse theoretical approaches and, addressing both emerging and perennial election debates such as the role of voter advice applications, election management bodies, districting, ballot design and media practices in the coverage of elections. The volume includes a number of comparative chapters which utilise data from large international datasets (VDem and CSES), several Irish case studies and an important Dutch study of voter advice applications with pioneering data. Collectively, the chapters provide insights into election administration in Ireland and many other established democracies. This book was previously published as a special issue of Irish Political Studies.

Author : Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920489748

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848599413

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Election Management by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Lifting the quality and strengthening the relevance of election management bodies is a continuing work-in-progress: to learn and apply the lessons from each election and rise to the emergence of new challenges, including evolving information and communication technologies and increasing demands for greater transparency and integrity. Election Management: A Compendium of Commonwealth Good Practice is designed to provide policy makers and staff of election management bodies with a guide to the democratic values, principles and practices of the Commonwealth, which should be reflected in the work they do to consolidate and deepen democracy in their countries. It will also assist governments, political parties and civil society organisations understand better the role, functions and responsibilities of those tasked with delivering credible elections. Includes annexes from 45 Commonwealth election management bodies on their countries’ standards for democratic legitimacy, legal frameworks, funding arrangements and administrative structure.

Author : Alan Wall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822034580803

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Electoral Management Design by Alan Wall Pdf

Building trust and professionalism in the management of electoral processes remains a major challenge for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), institutions and/or bodies responsible for managing elections. The 'credibility gap' - the diminished public confidence in the integrity and diligence for many electoral institutions and their activities - is a common problem for EMBs around the world. Many EMBs face basic design questions as they seek to work better: how should EMBs be structured to ensure that they can act independently? How do EMBs relate to stakeholders such as the media, political parties and donors? How can EMBs evaluate their performance and use experience to build sustainable elections? "The Electoral Management Design Handbook" is written for electoral administrators, electoral administration designers and other practitioners involved in building professional, sustainable and cost-effective electoral administrations which can deliver legitimate and credible free and fair elections. It is a comparative study that shares best practices and know-how from around the world on financing, structuring and evaluation of Electoral Management Bodies

Author : International IDEA
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789187729669

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Electoral Management Design by International IDEA Pdf

This Handbook was developed for electoral administrators and those involved in reforming EMBs. It provides comparative experience of and best practices on EMB structures and funding models, as well as means for evaluating performance. A range of case studies illustrate examples from specific contexts in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Republic of Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. This new and revised edition of the 2006 International IDEA Handbook includes updated country-level data and case studies and significantly expanded sections on the role of gender, professional development and technology in elections.

Author : Rafael López Pintor,United Nations Development Programme. Bureau for Development Policy
Publisher : UN
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9211261325

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Electoral Management Bodies as Institutions of Governance by Rafael López Pintor,United Nations Development Programme. Bureau for Development Policy Pdf

This paper is a policy study based on preliminary research in the new field of electoral institutions and administration. It assess the operation of ad hoc and temporary electoral management bodies in comparison with permanent independent electoral bodies. It highlights issues of institutional capacity building at the level of operations management and political representation. The research has been undertaken with a view to practical application and there are a number of recommendations.

Author : Toby S. James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134820986

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Comparative Electoral Management by Toby S. James Pdf

This book offers the first comparative monograph on the management of elections. The book defines electoral management as a new, inter-disciplinary area and advances a realist sociological approach to study it. A series of new, original frameworks are introduced, including the PROSeS framework, which can be used by academics and practitioners around the world to evaluate electoral management quality. A networked governance approach is also introduced to understand the full range of collaborative actors involved in delivering elections, including civil society and the international community. Finally, the book evaluates some of the policy instruments used to improve the integrity of elections, including voter registration reform, training and the funding of elections. Extensive mixed methods are used throughout including thematic analysis of interviews, (auto-)ethnography, comparative historical analysis and, cross-national and national surveys of electoral officials. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners interested and involved in electoral integrity and elections, and more broadly to comparative politics, public administration, international relations and democracy studies. Chapters 1 and 4 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Amy Vincent, Sead Alihodzic, Stephen Gale
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789176714386

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Risk Management in Elections by Amy Vincent, Sead Alihodzic, Stephen Gale Pdf

When electoral risks are not understood and addressed, they can undermine the credibility of the process and the results it yields. Electoral management bodies (EMBs) encounter numerous risks across all phases of the electoral cycle. They operate in environments that are increasingly complex and volatile and where factors such as technology, demographics, insecurity, inaccurate or incomplete information and natural calamities, create increasing uncertainty. The experiences of EMBs show that when formal risk management processes are successfully implemented, the benefits are profound. Greater risk awareness helps organizations to focus their resources on where they are most needed, thus achieving cost-effectiveness. Over the last decade it has been observed that EMBs are increasingly moving from informal to formal risk management processes. The purpose of this Guide is to lay out a set of practical steps for EMBs on how to establish or advance their risk management framework. The Guide’s chapters reflect the breadth of key considerations in the implementation process and offer basic resources to assist in the process.

Author : Kevin Pallister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351812092

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Election Administration and the Politics of Voter Access by Kevin Pallister Pdf

Democratic countries vary widely in the extent to which the administration of the electoral process facilitates voter participation, showing a great deal of variation in everything from voter registration to the casting of ballots. This book is the first systematic study to investigate why it is easier to vote in some democracies than in others. It develops the concept of election administration inclusiveness, which considers all of the administrative requirements and procedures that a citizen confronts in exercising his or her right to vote. It then draws on in-depth case studies from Central America and data from Latin America more broadly to address how political parties and other actors interact in constructing election administration rules and procedures. Using a theoretical framework centred on electoral threat, party capacity, and electoral management body composition, the author identifies multiple pathways to inclusive and restrictive election administration. This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of elections, democracy studies, Latin American politics, and more broadly comparative politics and law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050162901

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Elections by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1920489169

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa 'Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone - assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 192048972X

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa 'Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone - assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Muganyizi Shubi
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783668982789

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Democracy in Tanzania Elections. Critical Analysis of the Legal and Institutional Framework by Muganyizi Shubi Pdf

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Law - Public Law / Constitutional Law / Basic Rights, Mzumbe University (MZUMBE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS), course: LL.B, language: English, abstract: Most aspects of human life are dependent on the political make up of the state and the contemporary world has put into priority democratic forms of government as it allows the followers to have a dictative power to determine who to rule over them and under which standards the leader should conduct his reign. For that porpose democratic elections were introduced in The United Republic of Tanzania. For the purpose of ensuring democratic elections, laws are enacted and put into force both at the municipal and international levels. Also, electoral management bodies are established by the laws to execute the purpose in all democratic elections. In Tanzania two bodies act for the purpose as establised by the Constitutions inforce therein. The bodies are the National Electoral and Zanzibar Electoral Commissions (NEC and ZEC). The core principle governing the powers and operations of these commissions are independence and impartiality and the elections executed in complience with the principles are deemed free and fair (just), this is tested by the electoral stakeholders through their post electoral views and commentaries. Generally, the study is about the independence and impartiality of the commissions as to secure confidence of the public in their dealings so as to realise democratic elections in the state. The study is made up of five chapters as follows: Chapter one covers the background information, research problem, research objectives, and research methodology. Chapter two explains the conceptual framework covering the operational meanings of key words concepts and the perspectives of various levels of the universe on democratic elections. Chapter three provides the legal and institutional frameworks, while Chapter four dwells on analysis and presentation of findings of the study. The last chapter provides the conclusion and proposes recommendations to curb the researched problem.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on the Future of Voting: Accessible, Reliable, Verifiable Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309476478

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Securing the Vote by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on the Future of Voting: Accessible, Reliable, Verifiable Technology Pdf

During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.

Author : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Publisher : International IDEA
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Election law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112529107

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International Electoral Standards by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Pdf

Secrecy of the ballot