Electoral fraud is a widespread phenomenon, especially outside the developed world.
Despite abundant qualitative and anecdotal evidence on its existence from around the …

Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain
from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do …

Studies of clientelism typically assume that political machines distribute rewards to persuade
or mobilize the existing electorate. We argue that rewards not only influence actions of the …

Beliefs about the incidence of voter fraud inform how people view the trade-off between
electoral integrity and voter accessibility. To better inform such beliefs about the rate of …

One of most extensive allegations of vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election
revolved around technology manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems. In particular, then …

Erosion of trust in the honesty of elections and concomitant weakening of democratic
institutions and practices are growing concerns in modern global politics. This paper …

Conventional wisdom suggests that scheduling elections concurrently with other contests
increases turnout. However, causal empirical evidence in favor of this claim is scarce, at …

In this article we examine the role of local politicians in affecting national-level election
outcomes by focusing on the drastic municipal mergers in Japan that took place in the early …

We extend the “fraud forensics” research to systematically explain precinct-level and
regional variations in electoral manipulations in Russia's March 2012 presidential election …

Urbanization, characterized by a high concentration of population in cities, presents
significant societal challenges. High population density, inadequate living conditions, and …