Disenfranchised by climate change
Climate change affects everything, including the right to vote—a foundational and core right in democracies. Wicked weather increasingly threatens the exercise of that right by making it harder for people to register to vote, to get to the polls, and to have their ballots counted. To plan and prepare for more frequent and ferocious climate-driven weather events and their potential impacts, election officials need to understand the trajectory of climate change and its range of impacts.
This report offers a view into the burgeoning impact of climate change on elections worldwide and current efforts to support climate-resilient elections. Without advanced planning, protecting the right to vote becomes more tenuous on a rapidly warming planet. Every voter must have the ability to cast their vote and have that vote be counted—regardless of the weather.
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