The IAPC is an international member organisation. Our members play a crucial role in elections throughout the world; a role at once laudable and essential to the advancement of the democratic process and to the very ideals we’ve pledged to uphold. Few would dispute the weaknesses inherent to the democratic process and to the campaigns that are vital to that process. But we universally recognize the superiority of democracy over all other forms of government. The dignity of people, individual freedoms, and perhaps most important of all, the right to choose and remove elected leaders are a universal principle that transcends culture, language, and geography. The members of the IAPC are united in a common purpose: a dedication to improving our profession and to protect and foster democracies throughout the world.