EIP Annual Workshop 2022 ROUNDTABLE- ELECTORAL OBSERVATION DURING (AND AFTER) COVID
Channel: Electoral Integrity Project
Date: 2022-07-07

Electoral processes around the world have had to change as a result of the pandemic, in order to protect electoral integrity.  This practitioner panel will explore: how did electoral observation change during the pandemic?  What worked?  What didn’t?  What lessons are there for the future during pandemic and emergency conditions?  Are there lessons for electoral observation in general?  A short paper describing some changes, based on the Covid and Elections Project, will be introduced by Erik Asplund.  Other developments in the field of electoral observation will be discussed.

Chair: Toby S. James (University of East Anglia)

Erik Asplund, International IDEA

Holly Ruthrauff, Election Observation and Democracy Support (EODS) 

Jonathan Stonestreet, Associate Director, Democracy Program, Carter Center

Idrissa Kamara, African Union