In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate? And which are false complaints from sore losers? This report by the Electoral Integrity Project, based at Harvard and the University of Sydney, evaluates the...

The ‘electoral revolution' is one of the most dramatic developments during the twentieth century. At the end of World War II, only around fifty independent nation-states had a popularly-elected legislature. Today, by contrast, direct elections have been almost universally adopted worldwide as...

During recent years, U.S. states have often diverged by adopting either more lenient or stricter electoral procedures. What have been the consequences of these laws for the risks of voter suppression or voter fraud? Heated partisan debate surrounds this question. To consider new evidence, the...