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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Overseas Voting Assistance
At Pew’s December Voting in America conference, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), charged with serving America’s military and overseas voters, offered details on the kinds of support it provided for the 2012 election. more
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Revisiting Provisional Ballots in Philadelphia, PA
Following the November election, we featured the significant increase in the use of provisional ballots in Philadelphia as compared with 2008. Preliminary analysis by city officials has shed some light on what happened. more
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Notable County: Maricopa County, Arizona—Part II
In our previous dispatch, we looked at provisional ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona. Today, we examine new data the county shared at Pew’s recent Voting in America conference, showing the impact that online voter registration continues to have in the state’s most populous county. more
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Notable County: Maricopa County, Arizona–Part I
We return yet again to Maricopa County, Arizona and the plentiful data its county recorder’s office makes publicly available on a regular basis. more
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Cost of Eliminating Election Day Registration in Wisconsin
Recently, several Wisconsin legislators have discussed drafting legislation to end Election Day registration, which the state has allowed for more than 35 years. more
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Voting in America 2012
On December 10–11, 2012, Pew's Election Initiatives team brought together approximately 200 leaders from the election administration field—election officials, academics, media, advocates, and tech experts—to take a look back at this election, and look forward to policy reform in the coming years. more
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Colorado and Mobile Voter Registration
This past election, Colorado became the first state to optimize access to its online voter registration system via a mobile device. more
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New Hampshire Voter ID
In New Hampshire’s September primary election, approximately 7 percent of voters in Nashua did not show or have photo identification as required by a new state law. more
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All Politics Are Social
The 2012 election saw an unprecedented amount of demand and voter engagement across digital platforms, proving to election officials that technology is a necessary tool to get information out to voters. more
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New Data on Lines at the Polls
The long lines at polling places have been a hot topic in election administration since November, and data presented at Pew’s Voting in America conference today sheds new light on this issue. more
