In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot‐box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are
accurate? And which are false complaints from sore losers?
New evidence gathered by the Electoral Integrity Project has just been released in an annual report which compares the risks of
flawed and failed elections, and how far countries around the world meet international standards. The EIP is an independent
research project based at the University of Sydney and Harvard University, under the direction of Professor Pippa Norris.
The report evaluates the integrity of all 127 national parliamentary and presidential contests held between 1 July 2012 to 31
December 2014 in 107 countries worldwide, ranging from Sweden and the United States to Mozambique and Syria.
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The Electoral Integrity Project is an independent research team based at the University of Sydney and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. It explores many issues, focusing upon three main questions:
- When do elections meet international standards of electoral integrity?
- What happens when elections fail to do so?
- And what can be done to mitigate these problems?
For more information see: www.electoralintegrityproject.com
