Wednesday, May 21, 2008
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution

To read the transcript from the event, go here (PDF).

Recent events ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding Indiana’s voter identification law to the turmoil that has resulted from Zimbabwe’s recent presidential contest have demonstrated that countries around the world—even long-established democracies—grapple with the fundamental issue of guaranteeing that their elections are fair and competitive. Drawing on social science research from both the U.S. and abroad, Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation (Brookings, 2008), explores ways to define, measure, and detect fraud, and uses these finding to make recommendations for reform.

On May 21, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project will host a discussion with the book’s editors, R. Michael Alvarez of Caltech, Thad Hall of the University of Utah, and Susan Hyde of Yale University. Thomas Mann, co-director of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and senior fellow at Brookings, will moderate the panel.

After the program, panelists will take audience questions.

Moderator:
Thomas E. Mann
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Co-Director, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Panelists:

R. Michael Alvarez
Professor of Political Science
California Institute of Technology

Thad E. Hall
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Utah

Susan D. Hyde
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Yale University