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 Data Dispatches
Election Data Dispatches provides data, research and analysis about election administration in the U.S. more
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Voters With Disabilities in the 2012 General Election
In the 2012 general election, voters with disabilities cast ballots at lower rates than those without, according to U.S Census data. more
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2012 Election Snapshot—Ohio
In the 2012 presidential election, approximately one-third of the more than 5.6 million ballots cast in Ohio were cast before Election Day, surpassing early vote totals for 2008, when almost 30 percent of ballots were cast early. The increase was due in part to absentee ballot applications being sent to all registered voters, a first for the state.
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2012 State Elections Snapshots
Good policy depends on good data. To help states achieve an election system with the highest standards of accuracy, cost effectiveness, convenience, and security, The Pew Charitable Trusts' election initiatives team took a detailed look at each state's 2012 election
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Nonvoting and the 2012 General Election
Most of the U.S. Census data about voting and registration from the November 2012 general election focus on voters, but it also examines why nonvoters did not vote. more
