Who are the victims of electoral fraud in Great Britain? Evidence from Survey Research
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Farrall, Stephen, Wilks-Heeg, Stuart, Rober, Struthers and Gray, Emily 2021. Who are the victims of electoral fraud in Great Britain? Evidence from Survey Research. British Politics. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-021-00189-1
| Authors | Farrall, Stephen, Wilks-Heeg, Stuart, Rober, Struthers and Gray, Emily |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Interest in electoral integrity and the validity and accuracy of election results has come to the fore as a topic of concern both amongst politicians and academic researchers in the last twenty years. The literature has identified a number of key variables and processes associated with electoral fraud, and lower levels of integrity. However, one deficiency with this research is that it has relied on the perceptions of fraud and malpractice, rather than first-hand data on the extent of such behaviour. In this paper we report on the results of a novel small-scale survey of people in Britain in which respondents reported some of their direct experiences of electoral fraud in recent national elections. The results indicate that the rates of electoral fraud are currently around six to eight per cent, but that this rises for members of some ethnic minority groups. We end by raising another question: if we can identify victims of electoral fraud, how are we to redress this victimisation? |
| Keywords | electoral fraud; electoral integrity; elections; fraud; voters |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal | British Politics |
| Publisher | Springer |
| ISSN | 1746-9198 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-021-00189-1 |
| Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625858 |
| http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
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| Publication dates | 07 Jul 2021 |
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| Deposited | 09 Jul 2021, 10:38 |
| Accepted | 30 Jun 2021 |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
| Contributors | University of Derby, University of Liverpool and BMG Research, Birmingham |
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