Abstract

BUQUET, Daniel  and  YAFFE, Jaime. On the Centennial of the Electoral Court of Uruguay: Electoral Governance and Democracy in Latin America. Introduction to the thematic volume. Rev. Urug. Cienc. Polít. [online]. 2024, vol.33, e601.  Epub Dec 01, 2024. ISSN 0797-9789.  https://doi.org/10.26851/rucp.33.18.

The Uruguayan Electoral Court, which in 2024 is celebrating the first centenary of its legal creation, was the first independent electoral body in Latin America. Since then, it has been a pillar of Uruguayan democratic institutional structure, and an example recognized and emulated by several countries in the region and beyond. Until a few years ago, political and electoral studies did not pay much attention to electoral governance and particularly to electoral management bodies (EMBs), even though they are central institutions for guaranteeing the integrity of elections, and an elementary requirement to consider a political regime as democratic. However, electoral governance has become a relevant and thriving field of study during the last two decades. Within this framework, the dossier presented in this article offers a series of comparative works and case studies focused on electoral governance in Latin America, which constitute academic contributions of great relevance and newness. The article presents a brief review of the field of studies, an analysis of the Uruguayan case that motivated the call for the thematic issue, and a synthesis of the six articles that compose it.

Keywords : electoral governance; electoral integrity; Electoral Management Bodies; Uruguay.

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