A toolkit and resource directory for experts studying how technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity shape elections — practical guides, investigative workflows, datasets, organizations, curated tools, and a live global elections calendar.
Curated across six categories — start where it's useful.
Wondering when the next election is, or which countries are voting this year? This live election calendar tracks upcoming national general, presidential, and legislative elections worldwide. Search by country, filter by region or year, and sort by date to plan research, monitoring, or verification work around the 2026–2027 electoral cycle.
Showing 50 of 50 national elections.
| Country | Region | Election type | Date | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | Asia-Pacific | General | 2026 | — |
| Myanmar | Asia-Pacific | General (planned) | 2026 | — |
| Uganda | Africa | General (Presidential & Parliamentary) | 14 January 2026 | — |
| Costa Rica | Americas | General (Presidential & Legislative) | 1 February 2026 | — |
| Bangladesh | Asia-Pacific | General | February 2026 | — |
| Colombia | Americas | Legislative | 8 March 2026 | — |
| Hungary | Europe | Parliamentary | April 2026 | — |
| Djibouti | Africa | Presidential | April 2026 | — |
| Cape Verde | Africa | Legislative | April 2026 | — |
| Benin | Africa | Presidential | April 2026 | — |
| Peru | Americas | General (Presidential & Congressional) | 12 April 2026 | — |
| Vietnam | Asia-Pacific | Legislative (National Assembly) | May 2026 | — |
| Lebanon | Middle East | Parliamentary | May 2026 | — |
| Colombia | Americas | Presidential | 31 May 2026 | — |
| Ethiopia | Africa | General | June 2026 | — |
| Zambia | Africa | General (Presidential & Parliamentary) | August 2026 | — |
| Slovenia | Europe | Parliamentary | 2026 | — |
| Morocco | Africa | Legislative (House of Representatives) | September 2026 | — |
| Sweden | Europe | General | 13 September 2026 | — |
| Cape Verde | Africa | Presidential | October 2026 | — |
| Denmark | Europe | General | October 2026 | — |
| Israel | Middle East | Legislative (Knesset) | 2026 | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | Legislative | 2026 | — |
| Latvia | Europe | Parliamentary | 3 October 2026 | — |
| Brazil | Americas | General (Presidential & Congressional) | 4 October 2026 | — |
| Bahrain | Middle East | Parliamentary | November 2026 | — |
| Nicaragua | Americas | General | November 2026 | — |
| New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | General | 2026 | — |
| United States | Americas | Midterm (Congressional) | 3 November 2026 | — |
| Slovakia | Europe | Parliamentary | 2027 | — |
| Spain | Europe | General | 2027 | — |
| Greece | Europe | General | 2027 | — |
| Malta | Europe | General | 2027 | — |
| Montenegro | Europe | Parliamentary | 2027 | — |
| Thailand | Asia-Pacific | General | 2027 | — |
| Nigeria | Africa | General (Presidential & National Assembly) | February 2027 | — |
| Estonia | Europe | Parliamentary | March 2027 | — |
| France | Europe | Presidential | April 2027 | — |
| Finland | Europe | Parliamentary | April 2027 | — |
| France | Europe | Legislative | June 2027 | — |
| Guatemala | Americas | General | 2027 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | Asia-Pacific | General | 2027 | — |
| Mexico | Americas | Midterm (Legislative) | 6 June 2027 | — |
| Senegal | Africa | Legislative | 2027 | — |
| Kenya | Africa | General | 10 August 2027 | — |
| Argentina | Americas | General | October 2027 | — |
| Switzerland | Europe | Federal | October 2027 | — |
| Poland | Europe | Parliamentary | 2027 | — |
| Italy | Europe | General | 2027 | — |
| Nepal | Asia-Pacific | Legislative (House of Representatives) | November 2027 | — |
Dates are indicative and change frequently. Always verify against the primary source before relying on them. This snapshot is curated/verified; automatic Wikipedia refresh is paused until the parser is fixed against live markup (see docs/next-elections.md). Data compiled from Wikipedia: List of next general elections and last refreshed on August 21, 2026. Countdowns update automatically; the underlying schedule is refreshed monthly. Always confirm dates with the official election authority.
Practical, evergreen explainers and methodologies.
A methodology for investigating coordinated disinformation and influence operations during elections — scoping, preservation, network analysis, and responsible reporting.
How to investigate political ads using public ad libraries — uncover who paid, who was targeted, how much was spent, and how to turn transparency data into evidence.
Verify political videos, deepfakes, and miscaptioned footage during elections using source tracing, keyframe analysis, synthetic-media checks, and corroboration.
A step-by-step method to verify political images and photos shared during elections — reverse image search, metadata, geolocation, and cross-referencing.
Learn the core digital verification process — establishing the provenance, source, date, and location of online images, videos, and claims in election investigations.
How open-source intelligence (OSINT) methods apply to elections — verification, political ad research, election observation, and network analysis — done legally and ethically.
Elections-specific tools here; general OSINT tools link to OSINTGuide.com.
The Internet Archive's web archive for capturing and retrieving snapshots of web pages over time.
A reverse image search engine that finds where an image appears online and how it has been used.
The Meta Ad Library is a public, searchable archive of ads across Meta platforms, including political and social-issue advertising with funder, spend, and reach data.
A geospatial tool with satellite imagery, historical imagery, and 3D terrain used for geolocation.
The Google Ads Transparency Center is a searchable hub for ads across Google platforms, including verified political advertisers with spend and reach in supported regions.
An open-source platform for visualizing and analyzing networks and graphs.
A suggested journey from fundamentals to advanced investigations.
Reports, books, frameworks, datasets.
The Verification Handbook is a widely used, freely available practical guide to verifying digital content, images, video, and sources during breaking events and elections.
OpenElections is an open project creating free, standardized, precinct-level certified US election results data in consistent, machine-readable formats.
Bulk political and social-issue advertising data from Meta — including funder, spend ranges, impressions, and targeting — available via downloadable reports and an API.
Trusted references on elections and integrity.
OSCE/ODIHR is the OSCE body responsible for election observation and democratic institution-building, known for methodologically rigorous international observation missions.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonprofit supporting democratic institutions worldwide, including citizen and international election observation and election technology.
The Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), part of the Atlantic Council, studies disinformation and digital influence operations using open-source methods.
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