EconPapers: Electoral Sentencing Cycles

The rise of mail balloting has led to concerns that procedural requirements can lead to "lost votes by mail." We theorize how procedural requirements

For many years, stakeholders in the election process in Nigeria had rued perceived manipulation of each round of elections in Nigeria, owing largely to the fact

This chapter considers a profoundly anomalous feature of American democracy: our system of presidential selection. From very early on in the country’s history,

Electoral laws play a crucial role in maintaining and safeguarding democracy by ensuring fair representation and enabling the rotation of power. Howeve

Confidence in election results can be increased by sharing electronic copies of ballots, as long as they cannot be linked to individual voters. Independent tall

The third edition of Election Law in the American Political System pivots to place front and center the profound challenges to American democracy posed by the e

In modern accounts of how democracies work and thrive, these who, how, and when questions are considered in light of the ambition to create durable democratic r

Nouvelle diffusion  Il existe d’assez nombreux cas d’inéligibilités résultant de condamnations pénales (à ne pas confondre avec celles pouvant résulter de l’intervention du juge a…

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is having a moment. More than a dozen American localities have adopted it over the last few years. So have two states. Up to four mo

Comparatif des élections législatives 2012, 2017, 2022 et juillet 2024 par circonscription [OPBSPOLITIQUE]

Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) approved a controversial allocation of seats in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, granting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Morena party an

The study measures scientists’ polarization on social media and its impact on public perceptions of their credibility. Analyzing 98,000 scientists on Twitter fr

Une hausse significative du nombre de signalements et de plaintes Malgré une campagne électorale éclair, la CNIL a enregistré 270 signalements pour le premier tour, à l’issue duquel 8 candidats ont concentré 37 % des signalements, et 192 sollicitations pour le second tour, au cours duquel 8 autres candidats en ont représenté 52 %. La tendance du recours au SMS comme canal de prospection privilégié des partis politiques et des candidats se confirme, distançant largement les modes de prospection traditionnels :

Six ans après les révélations du scandale Cambridge Analytica dénonçant entre autres le rôle de Facebook dans le référendum ayant conduit au Brexit, l’influence des réseaux sociaux et des moteurs de recherche sur les processus électoraux suscite de nouvelles interrogations.

La CNIL a diffusé ses observations sur la campagne électorale éclair des législatives 2024 qui, en dépit de leur brièveté, témoignent de la montée des difficultés. La CNIL a ainsi enregistré 270 si…

“President Donald J. Trump engaged in an insurrection”. On its face, this conclusion seems to have originated in a criminal proceeding, following a thorough jur

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is having a moment. More than a dozen American localities have adopted it over the last few years. So have two states. Up to four mo

Each election cycle, fears that noncitizens are voting surface. Former President Donald Trump and others continue to claim that undocumented immigrants are bein