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- Title
The Public Funding of Election Administration: Evidence from a British General Election.
- Authors
Clark, Alistair
- Abstract
Administering elections is costly, requiring considerable resourcing. The extent to which election administration is funded can reveal government priorities towards democratic rights and affects every potential voter. Yet, little is known of this crucial aspect of public administration, in any type of democracy. This research innovates by seeking to establish overall levels of variation in public funding of election administration in a national general election, and by applying this to the local level to investigate whether socio-economic, administrative or political factors are more important as drivers of costs. The article deploys a unique dataset which integrates rare government election administration budgeting data, with Census and political data to provide an exploratory analysis from a British general election. It finds that key production costs of voting infrastructure appear to drive funding. While socio-economic and political aspects have less of an impact, levels of ethnic minority voters and regional effects also appear important determinants.
- Subjects
CAMPAIGN funds; DEMOCRACY; PUBLIC administration; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; VOTERS
- Publication
Political Studies Review, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 2, p313
- ISSN
1478-9299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/14789299221148429