Recent events ranging from the Supreme Court’s decision in Crawford to the turmoil that has resulted from Zimbabwe’s recent presidential contest have demonstrated that countries around the world grapple with the fundamental issue of guaranteeing that their elections are fair and competitive. On May 21, the Election Reform Project hosted a discussion of a new book that explores ways to define, measure, and detect election fraud.
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As election officials begin to prepare their voting systems for use in November, the Election Assistance Commission is undertaking a farther-reaching task: developing new guidelines that will dictate which systems will receive federal certification for years to come. The Election Reform Project convened a task force to review the EAC’s draft guidelines, which has issued a set of recommendations on ways to improve the new standards.
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