Protecting Elections
When elections go wrong, they can contribute to political crises that undermine democratic processes and institutions, trigger violent conflicts and instability, and harm governments’ domestic and international legitimacy. Therefore, calls to protect electoral integrity against manipulation from autocratic figures, malicious foreign interferences, negative impacts from natural hazards, and technical and human errors are ever increasing.
The main objective of this Discussion Paper is to outline the importance of and avenues for an increased use of risk management, resilience-building and crisis management methods to protect electoral integrity.
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Executive summary
Introduction
1. From supporting to protecting elections
2. Conceptual considerations: Three methods, one framework
3. Risk management in elections
4. Resilience-building in elections
5. Crisis management in elections
6. Towards an integrated framework for protecting elections
7. Conclusions
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