How to hold elections safely and democratically during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sarah Birch, Fernanda Buril, Nic Cheeseman, Alistair Clark, Staffan Darnolf, Susan Dodsworth, Larry Garber, Roxana Gutiérrez‐Romero, Tanja Hollstein, Toby S. James, Vasu Mohan, Kofi Sawyer · 2020
How to hold elections safely and democratically during the COVID-19 pandemic How to hold elections safely and democratically during the COVID-19 pandemic General recommendations• Electoral practitioners should, where possible, build on strategies that have already been used in the context in question, rather than implementing new techniques and technologies from scratch.• In parts of the world with a history of significant electoral conflict, elections may be at increased risk of violence during the pandemic, and practitioners should ensure that measures are employed to enhance electoral security in contexts where disruption is likely before, during and after polling day.