Electoral Management

Topic IndexElectoral Management End Notes

1. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Free and Fair Elections: International Law and Practice (Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1994), 87.

2. Torquato Jardim, Direito Eleitoral Positivo (Sao Paulo: Brasilia Juridica, 1996), 12.

Administration Considerations

3. T.N. Seshan, 'Maintaining an Eagles Eye,' Elections Today, Fall 1996, 31.

Cost Considerations

4. Australian Electoral Commission, Behind The Scenes - The Australian Electoral Commission's 1996 Federal Election Report (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996), 78.

5. Commonwealth of Dominica, Report on the House of Assembly General Elections 1995 (Roseau: Government Printers, n.d.), 10, 44.

Social and Political Context

6. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Free and Fair Elections: International Law and Practice (Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1994), 35-42.

7. Ibid., 42.

Establish Clear Internal Regulations

8. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Code of Conduct: Ethical and Professional Administration of Elections (Stockholm: International IDEA, 1997), 11-12.

Equal Access to the Electoral Process

9. Richard Soudriette, ''Leveling the Playing Field:' Innovations for Voters with Special Needs,' Elections Today, Winter 1997, 3.

10. Ibid.

11. See Elections Today, Winter 1997 issue.

Prepared / well trained and equipped staff

12. Serving Democracy The 1994 Strategic Plan of Elections Canada

Regulation of Media

13. For more on guidelines see Henry Valentino, 'Guidelines for Media, Political Parties and Contesting Groups During Official Campaign Period for Municipal and Local Government Elections,' Elections Today, December 1994, 12-13. These comprehensive guidelines were drafted for use in Guyana.

Strategic Planning

14. Workbook - Strategic Planning - American Management Association Author James Jurinski

15. Australian Electoral Commission 1993 to 1996 - Plan

16. Serving Democracy - A Strategic Plan of Elections Canada for 1994 >

Budgeting/finance

17. The Australian Electoral Commission Pocketbook 1996

External Assistance

18. International Foundation for Electoral Systems Directory of Election Offices 1996

19. International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1997 Buyer`s Guide for Election Services, Supplies and Equipment.

External Training Opportunities

20. Election Administration Reports Published and Edited by Richard G. Smolka

Accessibility Issues

21. Elections Today Vol 6 , No 4 Luc Dumont

22. The Disability Manifesto - from Elections Today Volume 6 No 4 - Winter 1997

Complete Information

23. Behind The Scenes The Australian Electoral Commission`s 1996 Federal Election Report.

Facilitating observer activities

24. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Lessons Learnt - International Election Observation.

Inviting and Accrediting Observers

25. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Lessons Learnt - International Election Observation.

Reporting and Record-keeping

26. Election Commission for India - Statistical Report on General Elections 1996 - Volume 1

27. Behind the Scenes - The Australian Electoral Commissions 1996 Federal Election Report

Routine Post Election Evaluation

28. For a report on low participatory evaluation workshop worked in Uganda see extract from Elections Today, Volume 4, #4, Learning Electoral Lessons in Uganda by Keith Klein.

Liaison with NGOs, Observer Groups

29. IFES Technical Assessment of the Phillippines Electoral System - July / August, 1995

30. Elections Today Vol 6, No 4 - Jeff Fischer on the Role of NGOs in the Bosnia / Herzegovina Elections

Election Automation

31. Commonwealth Secretariat, Let's Talk About Elections, ed. Carl W. Dundas, from the proceedings of the Gaborone Workshop on Election Management Training, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-29 March 1996 (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1997).; Federal Election Commission, Computerizing Election Administration (Washington: GPO, 1992).; David Maidenberg, Using the Internet in Election Offices (Washington: Federal Election Commission, 1998).

Election Automation -- Motivations

32. R. G. Saltman, Issues in National Planning for the Computerization of Elections (Brasilia and Sao Paulo: Program on Automated Voting Systems, 1996).

33. For vendor information see The International Foundation for Election Systems, 1998 Buyer's Guide for Election Services, Supplies, and Equipment (Washington: IFES, 1988).

Election Automation -- Types of computerized voting systems

34. For more information see R. G. Saltman, Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in Computerised Vote-Tallying (Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1998).; ECRI, An Election Administrator's Guide to Computerised Voting Systems (Butler Pike: ECRI, 1988).

Needs Analysis

35. Commonwealth Secretariat, Let's Talk About Elections, ed. Carl W. Dundas, from the proceedings of the Gaborone Workshop on Election Management Training, Gaborone, Botswana, 18-29 March 1996 (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1997).; R. G. Saltman, Issues in National Planning for the Computerization of Election (Brasilia and Sao Paulo: Program on Automated Voting Systems, 1996).

Implementation

36. Federal Election Commission, Computerising Election Administration (Washington: GPO, 1992).; Federal Election Commission, Abstract of the Performance and Test Standards for Punchcard, Marksense, and Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems (Washington: GPO, 1990).

37. The International Foundation for Election Systems, 1998 Buyer's Guide for Election Services, Supplies, and Equipment (Washington: IFES, 1998).

Other Uses of Technology

38. For vendor information see the International Foundation for Election Systems, 1998 Buyer's Guide for Election Services, Supplies, and Equipment (Washington: IFES, 1998).

39. Federal Election Commission, Computerizing Election Administration (Washington: GPO, 1992).

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