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Electoral malpractices are commonly thought to occur in polling stations. This chapter makes the normative case for electoral management bodies (EMBs) around the world routinely using poll worker surveys. These surveys provide concrete sources of information about the extent and nature of any problems in the electoral process. Accusations by partisan actors can therefore be readily tested and challenged. Poll worker surveys can therefore increase the transparency of EMBs and the electoral process. They also increase opportunities for evidence based policy making in electoral management. Their usefulness is demonstrated through the first-ever non-US poll worker survey which was undertaken in Britain at the 2015 general election. This survey (n = 1,321) contradicted the existing literature on electoral administration in Britain in a number of ways.
Title: Poll Workers
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Electoral malpractices are commonly thought to occur in polling stations.
This chapter makes the normative case for electoral management bodies (EMBs) around the world routinely using poll worker surveys.
These surveys provide concrete sources of information about the extent and nature of any problems in the electoral process.
Accusations by partisan actors can therefore be readily tested and challenged.
Poll worker surveys can therefore increase the transparency of EMBs and the electoral process.
They also increase opportunities for evidence based policy making in electoral management.
Their usefulness is demonstrated through the first-ever non-US poll worker survey which was undertaken in Britain at the 2015 general election.
This survey (n = 1,321) contradicted the existing literature on electoral administration in Britain in a number of ways.
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