Election Standards Project

The Electoral Challenges and Standards Project encompasses a comparative study of five critical issues facing election administrators world-wide: electronic voting, election management bodies and the use of the internet, external and absentee voting, boundary delimitation, and political finance.

The project engaged five experts to develop framework documents that examine standards for these topics from the perspective of human rights conventions as well as those standards that are included in regional initiatives such as those by the Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Southern African Development Community, and the Council of Europe.

ARC welcomes comments from election administration practitioners, technical assistance providers, academics, donors, and others in the election community. Please send any feedback to the contact listed at right.

• Challenging the Norms and Standards of Election Administration
  
  

• Introduction and About the Authors
• Electronic Voting by Jarret Blanc
• Election Management Bodies and Use of the Internet by Steven Clift
• External and Absentee Voting by Jeremy Grace
• Boundary Delimitation by Lisa Handley
• Political Finance by Marcin Walecki