Research Report: Assessing the Quality of Elections

Issue Date October 2013
Volume 24
Issue 4
Page Numbers 124-135
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Determining whether an election has met international standards is a pressing issue for both practitioners and scholars. An important new study aims to systematize the assessment of electoral integrity.

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