Center for Democracy and Election Management

The Center for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM) "at American University was established in September 2002 to educate and train undergraduate and graduate students and mid-career professionals in the management of elections and best democratic practices." 

Examples of work
In the U.S.:

In the 2006 midterm elections, CDEM observed the effect of the Voter ID law in Indiana, one of the few states that require a photo ID for voting. Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri also have such a law. Federal courts ruled against these laws in Georgia and Missouri.

Overseas:

In 2007, CDEM observed the Nigerian presidential election. Many Nigerian as well as international groups observed the election, including groups such as International Republican Institute which is loosely affiliated with the Republican Party and funded mainly by the U.S. government. CDEM reports, "The Nigerian elections were observed by hundreds of domestic groups, led by the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and the Alliance for Credible Elections (ACE), representing more than 50,000 volunteers, and many international delegations, including the European Union, the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. CDEM Director, Dr. Robert A. Pastor and CDEM Senior Fellow, Dr. Patrick Ukata were invited to advise the TMG and ACE and serve as liaison with international groups."

People

 * Senior Fellow - Louis Massicotte

Staff:
 * Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Vice President of International Affairs
 * Dr. Toby Moore, Project Manager
 * Meegan E. McVay, Assistant Director of Development
 * Paulina Puig, Associate Director, Web-Operations
 * John Henderson, Junior Fellow

Faculty Advisory Committee
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 * Mohammed Abu-Nimer
 * Akbar S. Ahmed
 * Thomas Boudreau
 * Daniel D. Bradlow
 * Deborah Brautigam
 * W. Joseph Campbell
 * Miguel Carter
 * Todd A. Eisentstadt
 * Rev. Joseph Eldridge
 * Robert K. Goldman
 * Louis W. Goodman
 * Claudio M. Grossman
 * Hadar Harris
 * Keith Henderson
 * Cornelius Kerwin
 * William LeoGrande
 * Peter Lewis
 * Allan Lichtman
 * David Lublin
 * Louis Massicotte
 * James H. Mittelman
 * Toby Moore
 * Kay Mussell
 * Candice J. Nelson
 * Saul Newman
 * Karen O'Connor
 * Carole O'Leary
 * Robert A. Pastor
 * Jamin B. Raskin
 * Jeffrey Reiman
 * Caleb Rossiter
 * Chris Sabatini
 * Abdul Aziz Said
 * Svetlana Savranskaya
 * Hector Schamis
 * Cathy Schneider
 * Herman Schwartz
 * Louise Shelley
 * Richard Smolka
 * James A. Thurber
 * Howard Wachtel

Former

 * Juliana Pilon, Associate Director
 * Daniel Calingaert, Associate Director

Contact details
3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW Suite 265 Washington, DC 20016-8026 Phone: (202) 885-1524 Fax: (202) 885-1366 Email: cdem AT american.edu Web: http://www.american.edu/ia/cdem

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