Do you know the academic research that has been done on voter confidence or in-person voting? Are you familiar with what voting methods and practices are permitted across the U.S.? Two organizations put this information and more at your fingertips!
Join us Tuesday, September 29, at 12:00 p.m. ET for “Election Resources Election Officials May Not Know About.” We’ll be talking to Sean Greene, associate director for MEDSL, and Katy Owens, NCSL’s elections director, about their resources, how these are useful for election officials, and what’s on the horizon.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) recently launched the Election Resource Hub as a compilation of existing research and offers evidence-based recommendations for election officials and practitioners. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) includes elections among its many topics and tracks election and campaign issues across the 50-states in several major categories: campaign finance, election policy and administration, election results and analysis, and initiative and referendum.
Books & Ballots is coordinated in partnership with Ready for Tuesday, the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), and MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL).
This panel webinar takes a practical look at how election offices build documentation practices that create transparency at every stage of the process: tracking ballot movement, closing the loop at end of day, and generating the kind of paper trail that makes the canvass clear and the answers ready before anyone asks.
Panelists will draw on experience across jurisdictions to share what strong documentation looks like in practice, where offices commonly fall short, and how to build systems that make accountability routine rather than reactive.