Joshua S. Sellers, Electoral Adequacy (Yale Law Journal):

This Essay considers the function of election law, as an academic field, in strengthening democratic institutions and improving democratic accountability. In undertaking this inquiry, this Essay advocates an interdisciplinary research program oriented around the concept of electoral adequacy. Electoral adequacy’s premise is that states are obligated to provide a minimal set of entitlements, or a baseline level of election services, to all voters.

Electoral adequacy seeks to unite institutional political theory, empirical research on election systems, and strategic political thinking, with the goal of improving the electoral process. It is centered on three policy components: adequate funding, competent management, and democratic structures. Finding success in these policy areas would mitigate many specific election-administration disputes