Articles
First Conservative Fracture - The Reform Party
By: Ryan Murray | Date: April 17, 2023
A look at the conservative fracture before the PPC party, can we learn from history or are we destined to repeat it? Will the PPC win seats? Will the CPC need the PPC to gain a majority?
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Konnech Inc. & The City of Calgary
By: Ryan Murray | Date: March 4, 2023
A dive into the contract the City of Calgary entered into with the Election software company Konnech Inc. and the possible implications of Chinese theft and election interference.
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21st Century Elections
By: Ryan Murray | Date: Dec 18, 2022
A report on the evolving modern mechanisms of Alberta provincial elections.
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AB Municipal Elections: The Fine Print
By: Ryan Murray | Date: Oct 24, 2022
A dive into the backbone of municipal elections in Alberta, the Local Authorities Election Act.
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Election Security and Recommendations Report 2024
By: Agora Institute | Date: Jan 10, 2025
An in-depth analysis of election security measures and their effectiveness.
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Scrutineer Handbook
By: Agora Institute | Date: Dec 20, 2024
A third party guide for Scrutineers that includes material from Elections AB, ES&S and other Scrutineers.
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Electronic Voting Methods Experiments and Lessons
By: Daniel Guérin, Asifa Akbar | Date: March 2003
This study looked at the potential for, as well as the implications of, implementing various forms of electronic voting and vote counting, including via the Internet.
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Generation Z: Portrait of a New Generation of Young Canadians and How They Compare to Older Canadians
By: Elections Canada | Date:
An examination how the newest generation of Canadians engages with politics and takes part in society and public affairs.
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Analysis of an Electronic Voting System
By: Tadayoshi Kohno, Adam Stubblefeild, Aviel D. Rubin, Dan S. Wallach | Date: February 27, 2004
An analysis of electronic voting equipment and the various security flaws.
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Building Trust - Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education
By: Thomas Asher, Neal Kelley, Anna Marchese, Amber Mcreynolds, Hollie Russon Gilman, Robert Y. Shapiro | Date: February 2022
This report reviews the roles universities play in supporting election administration.
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A Handbook for Elections Infrastructure Security
By: Center for Internet Security | Date: February 2018
This handbook is about establishing a consistent, widely agreed-upon set of best practices for the security of systems infrastructure that supports elections.
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Maricopa County Forensic Election Audit
By: Cyber Ninjas | Date: September 24, 2021
A forensic election audit report for the 2020 US election
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Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process
By: Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Date: 2017
This report is to inform Canadians about the cyber threats to our democratic process.
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Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process
By: Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Date: 2023
This report is the fourth iteration, it's purpose is to inform Canadians about the cyber threats to our democratic process.
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Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process
By: Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Date: 2025
This report is the fifth iteration, it's purpose is to inform Canadians about the cyber threats to our democratic process.
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A study on internet voting
By: Elections Quebec | Date: 2020
A study into the use of internet voting.
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Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unanticipated Consequences of Election Reform
By: Barry C. Burden, David T. Canon, Kenneth R. Mayer, Donald P. Moynihan | Date: June 24, 2010
A study on the direct and indirect effects of election laws and mechanisms that encourage or reduce voter turnout.
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Electronic Voting Rights and the DMCA
By: Doris E. Long | Date: 2005
A report that explores the issues regarding e-voting and the role of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
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Fundamental Models for Forecasting Elections
By: Patrick Hummel, David Rothschild | Date:
This paper develops new fundamental models for forecasting elections using data from various categories.
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Cast Vote Records Common Data Format Specification
By: John Wack, Sam Dana, Herb Deutsch, John Dziulaj, Ian Piper | Date: November 2019
This document is a specification for a common data format for cast vote records (CVR) produced by vote-capture devices such as ballot scanners.
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Is Population Density the Key to Understanding Voting Behavior?
By: Dave Troy | Date: August 22, 2016
An analysis into the relation between population density and voting behavior.
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Pros and Cons of Ward and At-Large Electoral Systems
By: Michael de Rond, Town of Aurora | Date: June 16, 2020
A report to provide Council and the public with academically accepted pros and cons of the ward and at-large electoral systems
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The Effect of the Internet and Social Media on Youth’s Political Interests and Voting Intentions
By: Nichole El-Sayegh | Date: February 2020
This paper estimates the impact of internet and social media activities on youth’s political and federal election interests using panel data from 2004 and 2008 Canadian Election Studies.
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Public Opinion Research Study on Electoral Matters – Wave 1
By: Léger Marketing Inc. | Date: August 23, 2021
This report is part one of a survey designed to learn about Canadians who are eligible electors residing in different regions of the country.
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Public Opinion Research Study on Electoral Matters – Wave 2
By: Léger Marketing Inc. | Date: September 28, 2022
This report is part two of a survey designed to learn about Canadians who are eligible electors residing in different regions of the country.
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Social networks and voter turnout
By: George Kernell, P.J. Lamberson | Date: May 24, 2023
This paper develops a model of voter turnout by using Riker and Ordeshook’s formula of voting into the context of a social network
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Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions
By: National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians | Date: March 22, 2024
A report comprised of the Committee's findings and recommendations into matters of foreign interference.
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Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States
By: | Date:
A summary of findings detailing the irregularities and fraud found in the swing states from the US 2020 Presidential election.
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The Development of the Urban-Rural Cleavage in Anglo-American Democracies
By: Zack Taylor, Jack Lucas, David A. Armstrong II, Ryan Bakker | Date: 2023
A comparative analysis of the development of the urban-rural electoral cleavage in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States from the early 20th century to the present.
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The divide between us: Urban-rural political differences rooted in geography
By: Sara Savat | Date: February 18, 2020
A study by Washington University in St. Louis political scientists finds that it isn’t personal profiles, but rather proximity to bigger cities that drives the political divide.
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The echo chamber is overstated: the moderating effect of political interest and diverse media
By: Elizabeth Dubois, Grant Blank | Date: January 29, 2018
A paper that explores the idea of an echo chamber in politics and the difference between high choice and low choice enviroments and how they foster an echo chamber enviroment.
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Voting Technologies and Trust
By: Brian Randell, Peter Y. A. Ryan | Date: September 2006
A paper that to explore the gaol of developing an e-voting system that retains the trust of the general voting public.
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Why the answer to how to strengthen public trust in elections is… SEEV
By: Feng Hao | Date: May 7, 2019
A report on an ERC-funded researcher who has been working tirelessly to develop such an e-voting system through two projects, SEEVS and its follow-up SEEVCA
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