Electoral integrity is a persistent concern in both established and transitional democracies.
Independent Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) have been championed as a key …

This chapter examines the way in which proportional representation by means of the single
transferable vote (PR-STV) came to be adopted as the Irish electoral system and discusses …

WHILE democracy comes in many varieties (Coppedge et al. 2011; Collier and Levitsky
1997), most scholars agree that two core dimensions of liberal democracy are popular …

The study of the quality of elections is spreading very rapidly. This article aims to provide a
general overview of the state of the art to introduce an empirical analysis of the quality of …

ABSTRACT Ireland's Electoral Reform Act introduces several key provisions under Parts 4
and 5 which are designed to curtail the spread of misleading electoral communications. This …

POLITICS in Ireland is driven by open competitive electoral contests. In the halfcentury 1970-
2020, voters have had thirty-seven opportunities to participate in a variety of electoral …

The spread of online disinformation in elections has become a widely debated problem in
Europe. In response to this problem, European Union (EU) institutions and several EU …

In recent years, due to the growing importance of elections in mechanisms of political
conditionality imposed by donor agencies, scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers have …

Electoral Reform Bill 2022 Page 1 Electoral Reform Bill 2022 Bill No. 37 of 2022 Charlotte
Cousins, Senior Researcher (Parliamentary Affairs) & Catherine Lynch, Senior Researcher (Political …

As elections are increasingly plagued by malpractice, violence, systemic manipulation, and
corruption, electoral administrators worldwide view Information and Communication …