<codeBook xmlns="ddi:codebook:2_5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ddi:codebook:2_5 https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Codebook/2.5/XMLSchema/codebook.xsd" version="2.5"><docDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Dataset - Electoral Legislation by Country</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.7910/DVN/TIH5FK</IDNo></titlStmt><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">Harvard Dataverse</distrbtr><distDate>2023-03-29</distDate></distStmt><verStmt source="archive"><version date="2023-05-15" type="RELEASED">1</version></verStmt><biblCit>Garnett, Holly Ann; James, Toby S.; MacGregor, Madison; Caal-Lam, Sofia, 2023, "Dataset - Electoral Legislation by Country", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TIH5FK, Harvard Dataverse, V1</biblCit></citation></docDscr><stdyDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Dataset - Electoral Legislation by Country</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.7910/DVN/TIH5FK</IDNo></titlStmt><rspStmt><AuthEnty affiliation="Royal Military College. Queen's University. Department of Political Science and Economics">Garnett, Holly Ann</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="University of East Anglia. School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies">James, Toby S.</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="Royal Military College. Queen's University. Department of Political Science and Economics">MacGregor, Madison</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="Royal Military College. Queen's University. Department of Political Science and Economics">Caal-Lam, Sofia</AuthEnty><othId role="Data Collector">MacGregor, Madison</othId><othId role="Data Collector">Caal-Lam, Sofia</othId></rspStmt><prodStmt><producer affiliation="Royal Military College. Queen's University. University of East Anglia" abbr="EIP">Electoral Integrity Project</producer><prodDate>2022</prodDate><prodPlac>Kingston, ON, Canada</prodPlac><grantNo agency="Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council">890-2020-0006</grantNo></prodStmt><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">Harvard Dataverse</distrbtr><distrbtr affiliation="Royal Military College. Queen's University. University of East Anglia" abbr="EIP" URI="https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com">Electoral Integrity Project</distrbtr><contact email="electoralintegrity@gmail.com">Electoral Integrity Project</contact><depositr>Caal-Lam, Sofia</depositr><depDate>2023-03-16</depDate><distDate>2023-03-20</distDate></distStmt><holdings URI="https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TIH5FK"/></citation><stdyInfo><subject><keyword xml:lang="en">Law</keyword><keyword xml:lang="en">Social Sciences</keyword><keyword>Elections</keyword><keyword>Electoral law</keyword><keyword>Electoral management</keyword><keyword>International</keyword><topcClas>Election law</topcClas></subject><abstract date="2023-03-20">This is a dataset of national election legislation from 165 countries. This study was conducted by Holly Ann Garnett, Toby S. James, Madison MacGregor, and Sofia Caal-Lam based at the Royal Military College of Canada, Queen’s University, and the University of East Anglia. Research was conducted from May 2020 to February 2023. 

The Electoral Legislation by Country dataset aims to provide a comprehensive compilation of relevant election laws for each country. This is a subset of a large data collection covering specific election laws relating to the following categories: Polling stations, voting methods, technology, identification, provisional/tendered ballots, registration model, and registration methods. It compliments research from the initial data collection with legislation and other relevant information found primarily through government websites, Electoral Management Bodies, and election observation reports from governmental and non-governmental organisations. 

This dataset can be downloaded in CSV and EXCEL formats.</abstract><sumDscr><collDate cycle="P1" event="start" date="2020-05-01">2020-05-01</collDate><collDate cycle="P1" event="end" date="2023-02-28">2023-02-28</collDate></sumDscr></stdyInfo><method><dataColl><sources/></dataColl><anlyInfo/></method><dataAccs><setAvail/><useStmt/><notes type="DVN:TOU" level="dv">&lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0&lt;/a></notes></dataAccs><othrStdyMat/></stdyDscr><otherMat ID="f6982200" URI="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/access/datafile/6982200" level="datafile"><labl>Electoral Legislation by Country Codebook.pdf</labl><txt>Codebook describing the Electoral Legislation data</txt><notes level="file" type="DATAVERSE:CONTENTTYPE" subject="Content/MIME Type">application/pdf</notes></otherMat><otherMat ID="f6982195" URI="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/access/datafile/6982195" level="datafile"><labl>Electoral Legislation by Country.csv</labl><txt>Electoral Legislation by Country in the .csv format</txt><notes level="file" type="DATAVERSE:CONTENTTYPE" subject="Content/MIME Type">text/csv</notes></otherMat><otherMat ID="f6982197" URI="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/access/datafile/6982197" level="datafile"><labl>Electoral Legislation by Country.xlsx</labl><txt>Electoral Legislation by Country in the .xlsx format</txt><notes level="file" type="DATAVERSE:CONTENTTYPE" subject="Content/MIME Type">application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</notes></otherMat></codeBook>