American democracy is struggling. Political polarization has exacerbated division within the electorate, while gerrymandering and hyper-polarization mean only a handful of elections are truly ...

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1987. This Washington, D.C.-based development organization provides assistance and support ...

Free and fair elections depend on secure, reliable and transparent voting systems that earn public trust. Democracies around the world grapple with concerns over election interference, outdated ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The fall of Orbán and the rise of Magyar in Hungary reveal how controlled electoral systems can collapse when public anger, ...

In a joint public service announcement, CISA and the FBI are alerting American citizens that ransomware disruptions during voting periods will not disrupt the security of vote casting or counting. In ...

The outcomes of the recent elections in France and the United Kingdom illustrate the pitfalls of winner-take-all electoral systems. While the UK’s historically skewed election has triggered calls to ...

When most people think of critical national infrastructure (CNI), they tend to picture energy grids, transport networks, or hospitals. But the UK’s electoral system belongs firmly in that category too ...

Women face barriers in contesting elections. Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images Voters in Ghana elected the country’s first woman vice president, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, in early December 2024. Voters ...