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Georgian Election Observatory (#GEObservatory24): Debunking pre-election propaganda narratives

Andreas Önnerfors et al.

University of Georgia; Fojo Media Institute (2024), 69 pp.

"The “Georgian Elections Observatory (#GEObservatory24)” was a short-term initiative aimed at fact-checking pre-election narratives leading up to the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024, together with a few immediate post-election analyses. Unlike traditional fact-checking platforms, thi ... more

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Communication et gestion de crise électorale en RD Congo: Analyse des stratégies de communication de la CENI durant le cycle électoral de 2023

Jean-Claude Unyuthowun Ubegiu

Revue Internationale du Chercheur, volume 5, issue 2 (2024), pp. 592-612

"En contexte d’élections hors pair comme en 2023 en RDC, on s’attendrait à une contestation populaire des résultats. Mais le contraire s’est avéré vrai. Comment expliquer ce paradoxe ? A travers une approche herméneutique, sous-tendue par la recherche documentaire et l’observation dire ... more

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Reconstructing Elections in a Digital World

Nighat Dad, Shmyla Khan

South African Journal of International Affairs, volume 30, issue 3 (2023), pp. 473-496

"The nature of elections has been transformed by the rise of digital technologies in the last few years, in large part due to the rise of social media platforms and their impact on election campaigning, dissemination of informationand opinion formation. Furthermore, digital technologies have been em ... more

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Elections in Digital Times: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners
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Robert Krimmer, Armin Rabitsch, Nathan Licht Marta Achler

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 146 pp.

"This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of international and regional standards and commitments related to the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, political participation, and privacy in the area of the internet, social media and Artificial Intelligence in elections. It al ... more

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Election Observation Mission São Tomé e Príncipe 2022: Final Report. Legislative, Local and Regional Elections

European Union (2022), 61 pp.

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Brazil's Electoral Justice Permanent Program on Countering Disinformation: Strategic Plan Elections 2022

Aline Rezende Peres Osorio, Frederico Franco Alvim, Giselly Siqueira et al.

Brasilia: Brazil Superior Electoral Court; Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) (2022), 61 pp.

"The actions to be developed are distributed in three axes: (i) Inform, aimed at the dissemination of official, reliable and quality information; (ii) Empower, aimed at media literacy and training the whole of society to understand the phenomenon of disinformation and the functioning of the electora ... l process; and (iii) Respond, related to the identification of cases of disinformation and the adoption of strategies, both preventive and repressive, to contain its negative effects. For the 2022 electoral cycle, the first axis has five projects with their own purposes and goals. They are: (i) mass dissemination network of truthful and official information about elections and the Electoral Justice; (ii) chatbot – electoral queries on WhatsApp; (iii) access, dissemination and enhancement of the scope of fact checking on the electoral process; (iv) deepening electoral transparency; (v) development and improvement of other technological tools and digital channels to disseminate true and quality information. In this strategic point, the Court’s action is guided by the preferential position of freedom of expression, in the legal system, by encouraging plurality of information. Likewise, information actions meet the recommendations for “prophylactic” prebunking actions (that is, strategies to reduce citizens’ susceptibility to disinformation by exposing examples of how disinformation operates). The second axis, in turn, includes seven initiatives: (i) training for internal and external audiences on disinformation, on the integrity of Brazilian elections and on the fundamentality of the Electoral Justice as an institution that guarantees democracy; (ii) prevention of the mental health of members, agents and collaborators of the Electoral Justice who deal directly with actions to contain disinformation; (iii) training the internal and external public on the electoral process, including the functions performed by it in the context of the democratic rule of Law; (iv) awareness campaigns on disinformation and media and information education actions for the external public; (v) cooperation and actions to enhance reaching partners’ media and information literacy initiatives; (vi) dialog with political parties and party federations to make them aware of their responsibility in the context of fighting against disinformation; (vii) support to other public institutions to implement actions to confronting disinformation. Finally, the response axis encompasses eight projects: (i) permanent coalition for verification; (ii) engagement of digital platforms and their technological resources in confronting structured networks of disinformation and inauthentic behavior; (iii) reporting channel for mass shooting of content in partnership with WhatsApp; (iv) creating a network to monitor disinformation practices against the electoral process; (v) containment of disinformation on Telegram; (vi) partnership and dialog with the Federal Police and the Electoral Prosecutor Office; (vii) Strategic Cyberintelligence Committee and (viii) review and elaboration of norms that acts against the practice of disinformation in the Electoral Justice, as a way of preventing the phenomenon in question. Concerning to this point, the planning met the parameters of timely response, appreciation of fact checking, importance of engagement and transparency of platforms, as well as the expansion and improvement of channels for complaints." (Presentation, page 5-6) more

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Countering Disinformation: A Guide to Promoting Information Integrity
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Daniel Arnaudo, Bret Barrowman, Julia Brothers, Lisa Reppell, Victoria Scott, Amy Studdart, Kip Wainscott, Vera Zakem

Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS); USAID (2020), [345 pp.]

"This resource combines the collective wisdom of organizations on the front lines of combatting disinformation globally. This living project provides an outline of what’s being done to address the challenge in key areas and provides a searchable database of the organizations around the world engag ... more

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Social Media Monitoring During Elections: Cases and Best Practice to Inform Electoral Observation Missions

Rafael Schmuziger Goldzweig, Bruno Lupion, Michael Meyer-Resende

Open Society Foundations (2019), 41 pp.

"The regulatory gap between online and offline political communication and elections is staggering. Even as monitors track broadcast media and advertising, elections are manipulated online. Initial responses by recent international electoral observation missions in Kenya, Georgia and Nigeria – as ... more

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Reporting on Elections: Council of Europe Handbook for Civil Society Organisations

Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2016), 152 pp.

"The Council of Europe handbook Reporting on elections aims to help observers become more efficient and to produce more effective reports, specifically focusing on the reporting of core team members. At the same time, it also covers the reporting of long- and short-term observers. It deals mainly wi ... more

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PakVotes: A Social Media Experiment in Elections Monitoring

Nadia Naviwala

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 5 pp.

"PakVotes, a pilot project supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), used social media platforms and a network of reporters located in areas outside of major cities in Pakistan to track violence during the 2013 elections. The project offers lessons that could guide future efforts to use socia ... more

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Handbook on Media Monitoring for Election Observation Missions

Warsaw: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (2012), 74 pp.

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The ACE Encyclopaedia: Media and Elections

ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, revised ed. (2012), 232 pp.

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Usages innovants des TIC en Afrique: La presse au coeur de l’analyse

Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 208 pp.

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Election Observation Handbook

Warsaw: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), 6th ed. (2005), 120 pp.

"The handbook was developed, first and foremost, as a practical guide for members of election observation missions. At the same time, it has become a major reference document for ODIHR’s election observation methodology and, as such, has also inspired other observer groups, both domestic and inter ... more

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The Media and Elections: A Handbook and Comparative Study

Bernd-Peter Lange, David Ward (eds.)

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2004), xvi, 264 pp.

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Handbook for Domestic Election Observers

Warsaw: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (2003), 123 pp.

Elections in Digital Times: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners Key Guidance Inspiring Practice

Countering Disinformation: A Guide to Promoting Information Integrity Key Guidance

Elections in Digital Times: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners
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Inspiring Practice

Countering Disinformation: A Guide to Promoting Information Integrity
Key Guidance