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Building Confidence in Elections: The Case of Electoral Monitors in Kosova

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While most research on electoral monitors has focused on the effect of electoral monitors on politicians and their behavior in terms of committing electoral fraud, this study examines the effect of electoral monitors on citizens, and their effect, in particular, on people's perceptions of electoral integrity and behavior in terms of turnout at the polls. To examine this relationship, I conducted a field experiment around the 2009/2010 municipal elections in Kosova, which varied the amount of information people had about the responsibilities of monitors in these elections. In the experiment, people who had more information about the monitors' responsibilities believed that the elections were more free and fair than those who had less information, and also believed that the monitors helped make these elections more free and fair, even though they were not more likely to vote as a result.

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  • Brancati, Dawn, 2014. "Building Confidence in Elections: The Case of Electoral Monitors in Kosova," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(1), pages 6-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:1:y:2014:i:01:p:6-15_00
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    1. Sunn Bush, Sarah & Cottiero, Christina & Prather, Lauren, 2024. "Zombies Ahead: Explaining the Rise of Low-Quality Election Monitoring," Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Working Paper Series qt2fc2d3pr, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California.
    2. Ursula Daxecker & Jessica Di Salvatore & Andrea Ruggeri, 2019. "Fraud Is What People Make of It: Election Fraud, Perceived Fraud, and Protesting in Nigeria," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 63(9), pages 2098-2127, October.
    3. Hannah Smidt, 2020. "Mitigating election violence locally: UN peacekeepers’ election-education campaigns in Côte d’Ivoire," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 57(1), pages 199-216, January.

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