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.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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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
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.
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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
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to develop a trusted verification process for electoral registration, leading to transparent elections, directly addressing the question of assessing benefits of a less vulnerable electoral system.