The Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) is an online repository of detailed data from elections to national legislative lower houses around the world. Currently containing results at the constituency level of 1,494 elections from 129 countries, this award-winning archive is the premier one of its kind, affording the greatest geographic and temporal scope, innovative indicators, extensive documentation on political and electoral systems, and tools to customize output to user needs.

This proposal is a request for a modest one-year grant to implement the transition of CLEA to the new model. Specifically, the grant would enable the PIs to accomplish the following with the help of staff and research assistants: design and install a new structure of governance (with bylaws); develop an appropriate strategic plan for long-term funding; and augment the archive to a point where it is in the best possible shape when the transition occurs, by expanding the contents of the archive with an eye toward maximizing its global and temporal coverage.