
662
Downloads
5
Episodes
This podcast series from the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) asks academics around the world to make the case for improving elections, using cutting edge research. Each episode will feature a new idea! The show is hosted by EIP co-Director Professor Toby James (University of East Anglia, UK). See: https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com/ for more.
Episodes

Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
The Electoral Integrity Project is an independent academic research project which seeks to use academic knowledge to prescribe ways to improve the electoral process and support democracy. 'How to improve elections' is a new podcast series which features ideas from the project - and academics around the globe.
Whether your a concerned citizen, student, policy maker or legislator - this should give you ideas for making elections fairer and able to hold politicians to account.
This short trailer is to wet your appetite for the series ahead, coming soon!

Monday Jan 10, 2022
Episode 1: Online voter registration
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Dr. Holly Ann Garnett (Royal Military College & Queens University, Canada) makes the case for online voter registration as a way to improve elections. Interview by Prof. Toby James (UEA).

Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Episode 2: Votes at 16
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Dr. Jan Eichhorn (University of Edinburgh, UK) makes the case for lowering the voting age to 16. Interview by Toby James (UEA, UK).

Friday Jan 28, 2022
Episode 3: Votes for prisoners and former prisoner
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Dr Victoria Shineman makes the case for extending the franchise to prisoners and former prisoners, in the United States and beyond. Interview with Toby James (UEA).

Monday Feb 28, 2022
Episode 4: Votes for mental health care users
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Dr Felicity Marcus and Dr. Yvette Nel (Tara Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) make the case for voting rights of mental health care users, explaining how they are often denied in South Africa and many other countries. Interview by Toby James (UEA).