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Election Transparency articles on Democracy Chronicles

These election transparency articles focus on efforts to introduce openness, communication, and accountability into all levels of government elections. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.

Election Officials’ Ideas For Stopping A 2024 Crisis

April 12, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Election Officials’ Ideas For Stopping A 2024 Crisis

The United States of America is preparing for its presidential elections come 2024 and election officials are gearing up to prevent a crisis.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Transparency

Europe Needs Stronger Rules For Political Ads

March 30, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Europe Needs Stronger Rules For Political Ads

Proposed EU regulation will increase public scrutiny of paid political messaging, restrict distribution of political ads based on individual sensitivities.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Election Transparency, Europe, Journalism and Free Speech, Voting Technology

More Effort Is Needed To Open Election Data Globally

February 8, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

World’s Biggest Democracy Is Jettisoning Freedom And Tolerance

In more than 20 countries, voter turnout data is unavailable from official sources or the Election Management Body online.  

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Election Science, Election Transparency, Voting Technology, Worldwide

Study Examines Influence Of Secret Donors In US Politics

January 12, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Public Funding Can Dilute Big Money Influence On California Politics

How dark money is influencing who controls Washington is one of the controversial issues raised by the rise in dark money.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Transparency, Money Politics

Advocacy Groups Denounce Proposals To ‘Gut’ Ethics Office

January 7, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Advocacy Groups Denounce Proposals To ‘Gut’ Ethics Office

Ethics advocacy groups claim that the proposal from Republicans to change the Office of Congressional Ethics could gut the watchdog.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election Transparency, Money Politics

All Candidates For Office Should Disclose Their Tax Returns

January 3, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

All Candidates For Office Should Disclose Their Tax Returns

The release of Donald Trump’s tax returns, is at the very least, a significant step toward greater political transparency.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election Transparency, Money Politics

How to “Follow the Money” in a Political Campaign

November 9, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

How to “Follow the Money” in a Political Campaign

Without the proper media coverage, campaign donations can be a complex labyrinth of dark money, super PACs, and FEC filings.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American Corruption, Election Transparency, Money Politics

Only 1 In 4 Election Websites Uses The .gov Domain

October 20, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

We analyzed a dataset of election websites maintained by CTCL and found that, of the 7,010 websites that we included for analysis, only 1,747 used .gov.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election Transparency, Internet and Democracy, Voting Technology

Outside Spending On Midterm Elections Tops $1 Billion*

October 16, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Outside Spending On Midterm Elections Tops $1 Billion*

Outside spending on 2022 federal midterm elections topped $1 billion, surpassing the nearly $701.8 million during the 2018 midterms.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Transparency, Money Politics

How To Properly Vet Poll Workers

September 30, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

How To Properly Vet Poll Workers

Attention has been paid to rogue election administrators, but election results can also be manipulated by infiltrating poll worker training.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security, Election Transparency

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