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The Electoral Challenge for the Western Hemisphere

By Jennifer McCoy
After more than three decades of experience with representative democracy, most Latin American countries have successfully reduced ballot-stuffing and other forms of election-day fraud, only to be faced with a different challenge: ensuring that elections are truly competitive. The legacy of concentrating power in iconic personalities or political parties gives incumbents around the region an overwhelming advantage that distorts the political process and creates an uneven playing field—a form of corruption just as insidious as the old-fashioned version.

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