FILE PHOTO: A view of a sign outside a polling location in this illustration, November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki/File Photo
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Lower voter turnout and increasingly contested results globally are threatening the credibility of elections, an intergovernmental watchdog warned on Tuesday, as its sub-index for free and fair elections suffered its biggest decline on record in 2023.
In its report, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said 2023 was the eighth consecutive year with a net decline in overall democratic performance, the longest consecutive fall since records began in 1975.
