An online repository of election information,  ACE Encyclopaedia includes more than 10 000 pages and covers a wide range of topics in election management, with an emphasis on the sustainability, professionalism and trust in the electoral process.

Here you can find out everything you always wanted to know, but never dared to ask about elections.

The ACE Encyclopaedia includes 12 in depth topic areas that cover key steps of the electoral cycle. Cross-cutting themes that have not been fully covered in the twelve topic areas are further explored in the ACE "Focus On…" series.

ACE Focus On....

• Effective Electoral Assistance (new)

• Elections and Security
  

• Cost of Registration and Elections

• Direct Democracy

• Elections and Disability

• E-Voting
  

• HIV/AIDS and Elections
  

ACE Topic Areas

• Electoral Systems

• Legal Framework

• Electoral Management

• Boundary Delimitation

• Civic and Voter Education

• Voter Registration

• Voting Operations

• Parties and Candidates

• Vote Counting

• Media and Elections

• Electoral Integrity

• Elections and Technology 

The ACE Encyclopaedia also includes an interactive electoral quiz for each topic area where you can test your electoral knowledge. 

Take a Quiz to find out how much you know about elections.