Election Initiatives commissions and oversees research, projects, and case studies aimed at helping states improve their elections systems. Because effective elections systems are fundamental to our nation’s democracy, we work with election officials, policy makers, researchers, technology experts, businesses, and other stakeholders in the election process to help guide our research and test our recommendations.
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Election Planning in Anchorage, Alaska
Predicting how many voters will turn out for an election is not just the speculation of campaigns and pundits. Election officials need to plan for both how many ballots they need and how those ballots will be distributed across polling places.
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Notable Counties—Yes, Maricopa County is Back Again
Once again the elections office in Maricopa County, Arizona has provided detailed data about its elections process, this time for the February 28 presidential primary.
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Early Voting in Maryland
After passing legislation in 2009 allowing early voting, Maryland has had three elections where voters have been able to cast ballots during a six-day period prior to Election Day. more
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Military and Overseas Voters in Wisconsin
According to Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB), which oversees elections, 65 of the state’s 1,851 municipalities did not send requested absentee ballots to military and overseas voters at least 45 days prior to the April 3, 2012 presidential primary, as required by federal law. more
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Early Voting in Clark County, Nevada
In Clark County, Nevada, as in a growing number of jurisdictions across the country, the notion of Election Day as a one-day event is disappearing. more
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Migration in America
Forbes magazine recently updated its excellent American Migration interactive map, which uses data from the Internal Revenue Service Tax Stats to illustrate that approximately 37.5 million Americans move homes every year.
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Photo ID and Election Day Registration in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 126,063 first-time voters registered and cast ballots on Election Day during the 2006, 2008, and 2010 general elections, combined. more
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Balancing Election Costs in Hartford, Connecticut
High elections cost estimates almost caused the Republican registrar in Hartford, Connecticut to cancel the town’s Republican presidential primary. The city council had allocated $120,000 to the registrar’s office. Of that, slightly more than half was supposed to pay for
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Voter ID in Kansas and Tennessee
Voters in Tennessee and Kansas recently cast their first ballots under new state laws requiring that they present photo IDs at the polls.
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Provisional Ballots in Ohio
An analysis by the Cincinnati Enquirer found that the number of provisional ballots cast in Ohio was greater in the 2011 general election than in the 2009 general election. more
