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Garnett, Holly Ann and James, Toby S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-5461
(2021)
Measuring electoral integrity: Using practitioner knowledge to assess elections.
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31 (3).
pp. 348-367.
ISSN 1745-7289
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Abstract
The integrity of the electoral process is vitally important for the delivery of democracy. However, there is an ongoing debate about how the integrity of elections can be measured. This article makes the theoretical and normative case for the use of practitioner knowledge. Unlike public and expert perceptions, electoral officials have unique practice-based, experiential, tacit knowledge about the conduct of elections, and more insights about the technical aspects of administration of which the public and even experts may be unaware. The article presents results from the first ever cross-national datasets based on a survey of electoral officials in 31 countries. Practitioner assessments are then compared to expert and public assessments, the traditional methods for assessing electoral integrity, and are found to be a reliable measure of electoral integrity. Analysis also shows that gender does shape practitioner assessments, suggesting that some electoral malpractices might be gendered in nature. Job satisfaction is also significant, which suggests that it should be controlled for in future studies. Overall, this study is significant for identifying the utility of a new method for assessing electoral integrity and provides important lessons for how they should be surveyed in the future.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2020 23:58 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:55 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76913 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17457289.2020.1824186 |
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