Optimal defense against election control by deleting voter groups

• Main Authors: Yin, Yue, Vorobeychik, Yevgeniy, An, Bo, Hazon, Noam
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Election Control; Protecting Elections
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89323; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44862
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Election control encompasses attempts from an external agent to alter the structure of an election in order to change its outcome. This problem is both a fundamental theoretical problem in social choice, and a major practical concern for democratic institutions. Consequently, this issue has received...