By Ahmed M. Gedel
An electoral reform is a broad term that covers, among other things, improving the responsiveness of electoral processes to public desires and expectations. However, not every electoral change is an electoral reform.
Electoral changes can only be referred to as reforms if their primary goal is to improve electoral processes, for example, through fostering enhanced impartiality, inclusiveness, transparency, integrity or accuracy. Random and/or frequent electoral changes, while they may be reformist, can also be confusing to voters, and thus defeat their
