How can we better assess the benefits of an electoral system that is less vulnerable to fraud e.g. in terms of increased trust in government at all levels?

Background

Growing our evidence base on how best to deliver electoral systems that are efficient, inclusive and fair for all

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

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DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects


  • TrustVote: Dispute-resolution mechanisms and systems for Private and Verifiable Voting

    Running elections is challenging while maintaining election integrity and increased voter confidence. Recent examples have shown that both traditional and online voting systems are not sufficient resilient to achieve thi...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on dispute-resolution mechanisms in voting systems to increase voter confidence and election integrity, directly addressing the question of assessing benefits of an electoral system less vulnerable to fraud.

  • Edinburgh Napier University and Democracy Counts Limited KTP 22_23 R5

    To develop a trusted end to end verification process for citizens and candidates in the electoral registration process which leads to trusted and transparent elections....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project is relevant as it aims to develop a trusted verification process for the electoral registration process, which could potentially increase trust in government, but it does not fully assess the benefits of such a system.

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