Managing the Electoral Process: Insights from, and for, Ireland

In this article, we provide an overview of the contributions to this special issue of Irish Political Studies on electoral management practices in Ireland. We document the rationale behind the issue and explore its contribution to our understanding of how elections are operated. We would like to thank the authors in this issue for participating in the Election Institutions and Electoral Integrity workshop at the National University of Ireland in October 2014. We acknowledge their valuable and generous comments on all of the articles in this special issue. The workshop was funded by a grant from the New Foundations scheme of the Irish Research Council.