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Malpractices During Elections

The document discusses defining electoral integrity and electoral malpractice. It states that while free and fair elections are an ideal, there is lack of consensus on what constitutes good electoral administration practices versus poor practices. It defines electoral integrity as elections that uphold democratic theory, while electoral malpractice is defined as manipulating electoral processes and outcomes for personal or partisan gain rather than the public interest.

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Malpractices During Elections

The document discusses defining electoral integrity and electoral malpractice. It states that while free and fair elections are an ideal, there is lack of consensus on what constitutes good electoral administration practices versus poor practices. It defines electoral integrity as elections that uphold democratic theory, while electoral malpractice is defined as manipulating electoral processes and outcomes for personal or partisan gain rather than the public interest.

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Defining Electoral Integrity and Electoral Malpractice

The concept of ‘free and fair’ elections is one we are all familiar with, but analysis of the comparative
and theoretical literature on electoral processes reveals that there is a lack of consensus as to the
details of what constitutes a good practice in electoral administration or what is to be designated poor
practice. This chapter considers how one might go about defining electoral malpractice—both in the
abstract and in relation to good democratic conduct. A definition of electoral integrity is outlined on
the basis of democratic theory; following this electoral malpractice is defined as the manipulation of
electoral processes and outcomes so as to substitute personal or partisan benefit for the public
interest

Electoral Malpractice
ABSTRACT
Elections ought in theory to go a long way towards making democracy ‘work’, but in many contexts,
they fail to embody democratic ideals because they are affected by electoral manipulation and
misconduct. This volume undertakes an analytic and explanatory investigation of electoral
malpractice, which is understood as taking three principal forms: manipulation of the rules governing
elections, manipulation of vote preference formation and expression, and manipulation of the voting
process. The study — which is comparative in nature — starts out by providing a conceptual definition
and typology of electoral malpractice, before considering evidence for the causes of this phenomenon.
The principal argument of the book is that factors affecting the costs of electoral malpractice are
crucial in determining whether leaders will, in any given context, seek to rig elections. Among the
most important factors of this sort are the linkages between elites and citizens, and in particular the
balance between relations of the civil-society and client list types. These linkages play an important
role in determining how much legitimacy leaders will lose by engaging in electoral manipulation, as
well as the likely consequences of legitimacy loss. The study also shows how electoral malpractice
might be reduced by means of a variety of strategies designed to raise the cost of electoral
manipulation by increasing the ability of civil society and international actors to monitor and
denounce it.

TO CREATE AWARENESS AND SENSITIVE ON THE NEED TO ENSURE EQIUTY


AND FAIR PLAY IN OUR POLITY VIA FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

1. PRACTICE TRUE DEMOCRACY WITH FAIRNESS. DONT TRY TO


CIRCUMVENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

2. REFUSE TO BE USED AS AN AGENT TO PERPETRATE ELECTORAL FRAUD


IN WHATEVER GUISE.

3. ELECTORAL FRAUD ALWAYS CREATES CRISIS IN THE END,REFUSE TO


PLAY A ROLE IN WHAT LEADS TO SOCIAL INSTABILITY AND UNECESSARY
LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY.

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