United States presidential election, 2008: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation

An American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Institution Event

Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Falk Auditorium - The Brookings Institution

Countries around the world - even long-established democracies - grapple with the fundamental issue of guaranteeing that their elections are fair and competitive. Recent events ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Indiana’s voter identification law to the turmoil that has resulted from Zimbabwe’s recent presidential contest only confirm that fact. Drawing on social science research from the U.S. and abroad, Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation explores ways to define, measure and detect fraud, and makes recommendations for reform.

On May 21, 2008, the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution will host a discussion with the book’s editors, R. Michael Alvarez and Susan Hyde. Thomas Mann, co-director of the American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Election Reform Project and senior fellow at Brookings, will moderate the panel.  

After the program, panelists will take audience questions.

Moderator:

Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Co-Director, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Panelists:

R. Michael Alvarez, Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology  

Thad E. Hall, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Utah 

Susan D. Hyde, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University

To register for the event, please contact the Brookings Office of Communications at (001) 202.797.6105; or register online here.