{"id":10583,"date":"2020-04-06T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?page_id=10583"},"modified":"2022-07-21T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:04:04","slug":"the-interplay-between-political-and-technical-factors-in-democratic-transition-electoral-processes","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/the-interplay-between-political-and-technical-factors-in-democratic-transition-electoral-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interplay Between Political and Technical Factors in Democratic Transition Electoral Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this PSRP Spotlight, Andrew Ellis highlights some of the political and technical challenges facing countries holding elections during democratic transitions. Ellis draws on his extensive experience as an electoral adviser to tease out practical lessons for national and international actors implementing and supporting elections. At the heart of this Spotlight lie reflections on the ways in which political and technical factors enable and constrain each other in determining electoral \u2018success\u2019. The report discusses electoral frameworks, implementation issues, as well as the role of the international community and geopolitics in democratic transitions.<\/p>\n

Key Findings and Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To ensure a constructive relationship between technical advice and the political marketplace of the transition, this Spotlight sets out advice focused on:<\/li>\n
  2. Better understanding the interplay of political and technical dimensions of elections<\/li>\n
  3. Finding ways to deal with the election-model \u2018status quo bias\u2019 of office holders<\/li>\n
  4. Providing \u2018politically accessible\u2019 and \u2018contextually sensitive\u2019 electoral design expertise<\/li>\n
  5. Securing funding and addressing electoral technical challenges early in the process<\/li>\n
  6. Building effective relationships between electoral stakeholders<\/li>\n
  7. Ensuring context-specific electoral modelling \u2013 there are no one-size-fits-all models<\/li>\n
  8. Employing creativity in electoral design, in particular in marrying individual
    \none-person-one-vote considerations with group accommodation mechanisms<\/li>\n
  9. Building or remedying wider institutional systems and capabilities<\/li>\n
  10. Preparing for potential last-minute changes, born of political contingencies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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