Electoral Malpractice and Electoral Manipulation in New and Semi-Democracies

Electoral Malpractice and Electoral Manipulation

in New and Semi-Democracies

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Methodology

Methodology for the Construction of the Index of Electoral Malpractice

Electoral Malpractice Project: Notes for Coders

Coding Framework for Electoral Malpractice Project

Electoral Malpractice Coding Form

Data: Index of Electoral Malpractice

Summary of Findings

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Data

The Index of Electoral Malpractice dataset can be downloaded as an Excel file here.

This dataset contains 15 variables:

Legal framework

Electoral authority independence

Contestation

Voter registration

Polling arrangements

Voting

Counting, tabulation and reporting

Dispute adjudication

Observer access

Media coverage

Misuse of state resources

Vote-buying

Voter intimidation/obstruction

Candidate intimidation/obstruction

Overall assessment of the election

For details of each variable and the methodology employed to construct this dataset, users should refer to the Methodology section of this website.

Thanks are due to the research assistants who helped to compile this dataset: Berenice Ortega Bayona, Katja Mirwaldt, Hershbinder Mann, Rafael Enrique Linares, Andrea Ruggeri and Evangelos Kyzirakos.