The Carter Center invited Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell to join with other experts on election observation and campaign finance monitoring in developing democracies in a "shirtsleeves" meeting March 31. Organized by the center's Democracy Program, the group explored practical means for systematic collection of information on campaign finance laws and their enforcement, political party practices and problems related to vote buying and the use of the media and state finance during campaigns.
McConnell previously managed a project on political finance in Latin America for the center and organized a major conference at which 10 former heads of state from the region agreed on principles for guiding campaign finance practices. She has participated in a dozen election observation missions by the United Nations, Organization of American States and The Carter Center and pioneered the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in election observation.
McConnell previously managed a project on political finance in Latin America for the center and organized a major conference at which 10 former heads of state from the region agreed on principles for guiding campaign finance practices. She has participated in a dozen election observation missions by the United Nations, Organization of American States and The Carter Center and pioneered the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in election observation.
