Factors influencing the performance of biometric voter registration (BVR) systems —
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Staffan Darnolf

Staffan Darnolf currently works as IFES’ Country Director in Pakistan. Darnolf previously worked as IFES’ chief of party in Nepal and spent two years in Afghanistan working as a senor advisor to the Interim Afghan Electoral Commission and as an international election commissioner seconded by IFES to the Joint Electoral Management Body. In addition, he served as an election adviser on IFES projects in Iraq and Sierra Leone. Darnolf has worked as an election specialist with the European Commission in Nigeria and Pakistan, with the United Nations and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo and projects in Europe and Africa financed by the Swedish International Development Authority. In the course of his career, Darnolf has conducted election observation and electoral needs assessment missions in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Latvia, Serbia, Timor Leste, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Darnolf holds a doctorate in political science and a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Göteborg University in Sweden. Darnolf has authored and co-authored a wide range of articles and books on election administration, including Voter Registration and Election Costs in Afghanistan: The First Post-Taliban Presidential Poll (2005) and Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe (2003) and Democratic Electioneering in Southern Africa: The Contrasting Cases of Botswana and Zimbabwe (1997).

Thematic Areas of Expertise

Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations

Contributions to the ACE Network by Staffan Darnolf

Title Date
Re: Factors influencing the performance of biometric voter registration (BVR) systems Jan 23, 2014
Re: Country experiences with electronic voting Aug 13, 2013
Re: Consultations on internet voting Mar 27, 2013
Re: Systems with separate polling stations for men and women Mar 19, 2013
Re: Less talk about ”free and fair” elections? Feb 18, 2013
Re: Election monitoring and election-related violence Oct 04, 2012
Re: Apportionment of parliamentary seats Sep 28, 2012
Re: Civil society coalitions and domestic election observation Sep 17, 2012
Re: Observers reducing fraud on E-day? Aug 22, 2012
Re: Secrecy of the ballot for voters with disabilities Jul 27, 2012
Re: Cost of election security for EMBs Jul 24, 2012
Re: Overview of institutions dealing with electoral complaints Jul 14, 2012
Re: Biometric Voter Registration: Skills required and problems encountered? Apr 19, 2012
Re: Inaccuracy of voter rolls Mar 20, 2012
Re: Implications of length of polling process for international election observation Mar 15, 2012
Re: using mobile phones for reporting voting results Feb 02, 2011
Re: High threshold in Lebanese draft electoral law Apr 07, 2008
Re: International system for certifying EMBs Jan 11, 2008
Re: Identification of voters wearing a veil Nov 11, 2007
Re: Electoral education for children May 23, 2007