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A Framework for the Study of Election Management Quality

A Framework for the Study of Election Management Quality Professor, Dr Jørgen Elklit, Denmark, Conference on the ” Measuring Democracy” -project Boston, 23-24 May 2009. The Electoral Process.

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A Framework for the Study of Election Management Quality

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  1. A Framework for the Study of Election Management Quality Professor, Dr Jørgen Elklit, Denmark, Conferenceon the ”Measuring Democracy”-project Boston, 23-24 May 2009

  2. The Electoral Process

  3. The Elklit/Reynolds Framework for AssessingElection and Election Management Quality(Democatization, 2005; IPU, 2005): • 54 different indicators are used to assess performance quality in the 11 steps of the electoral process by a panel of domestic and foreign expert assessors. • Measurement results for each step is weighted according to perceived importance for established and fledgling democracies, respectively • Results are published, so that they can be scrutinized and discussed by others (for transparency’s sake and to reduce measurement errors) • Mistakes are corrected and results re-calculated before final publication

  4. 1. Legal framework

  5. 2. Electoral management

  6. 3. Constituency and polling district demarcation

  7. 4. Voter education

  8. 9. Counting and tabulating the vote

  9. Is it OK to allocatedifferentweigths to different steps? And to do it differently to differentcategories of political regimes?3: Essential factors (necessary?) 2. Important factors1. Desirable factors

  10. Thank your for your attention (– and patience)!

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