Join us in Phoenix for ESRA's 10th Annual Conference
Four days of research, practice, and connection — June 1–4 in downtown Phoenix
For ten years, the Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA) Conference has been the place where the people who run elections and the people who study them sit down at the same table. This year marks the tenth, and the organziers want election administrators in the room.
The 10th Annual ESRA Conference runs Monday, June 1 through Thursday, June 4, 2026, hosted by Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory (MODL) at the Beus Center for Law and Society in downtown Phoenix. Whether you’re a county clerk, a state-level administrator, an academic, or someone else whose work touches election administration, ESRA is built around the questions you’re already wrestling with and the evidence that can help answer them.
What’s on the Program
This year’s program brings together cutting-edge research and frontline practice across the issues shaping elections right now: administration and management, voter registration and turnout, election technology and security, law and policy, accessibility and inclusion, poll worker recruitment and retention, elections communications and public confidence, and rigorous evaluation of the policies, programs, and innovations changing the field.
Past ESRA conferences have drawn senior academics and junior scholars, election officials at every level, poll workers, nonprofit leaders, computer scientists, and technologists. The collaborative atmosphere is the point — it’s a meeting of the minds you won’t find anywhere else.
Register and Stay in the Loop
A notional agenda and travel information for the 2026 conference are now available, with detailed program information going out to registered attendees in the coming weeks.