Good morning election friends! We've just launched the 2024 report + data from the Survey of the Performance of American Elections, which examines voter experiences from the perspective of voters themselves. Find it here: https://t.co/YoXfXsrYdm
Our friends at @ElectionsVoting have officially launched the results of the 2024 Local Election Official Survey. Check it out for a look at how election officials are doing, organizational challenges, & voter experiences: https://t.co/D0yhVFRGrd
GIG ALERT: Come work with us! We are looking for a research director to join our team ASAP; this position is a great fit for a PhD/ABD interested in helping manage a lab & contributing to a range of academic projects. More info & application are available: https://t.co/Xw5TclUqco
Why does it take so long to get election results? Well, collecting, verifying, & reporting election results is a daunting set of tasks! Refresh your knowledge of the process with our explainer: https://t.co/JiQJL1Z0IW
The @MITelectionlab team won an internal prize at MIT that celebrates open data, for our work on cleaning cast vote record datasets and making them usable to the public. Others out of MEDSL did lots of work, too, and they're honored, as well.
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Looking for research on whether there was vote manipulation or anomalous turnout in the 2020 election? Our partners at #ElectionsPerformance Central examine just those sorts of claims. Short story: there is no evidence for this occurring. Long story: at https://t.co/e1kTJAcWdo
An @latimes opinion piece quotes a 2021 @MITelectionlab report on elections in the US: "U.S. investment in our voting system falls “near the bottom of spending for public services." https://t.co/BIkHCbYcyW #thisismit#mitshass#opinion#mit
Keeping voter lists up-to-date and accurate is a tricky business, but it's an essential pillar of election administration. Read our new explainer all about the process: https://t.co/x09dEn41KC
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We're looking for someone to join us as a research associate - take a look at the job description and apply through the MIT portal: https://t.co/9rDI4xAkUX
Bipartisan Group Issues Ethical Standards for Election Admin. Led by @cstewartiii@MITelectionlab, @nyulaw Bauer & @BenLGinsberg@HooverInst, articulates role of ethical standards in conduct of elections & contrib. to public confidence in election process. https://t.co/61yeQrnLiq
Very important paper from @cwarshaw and @jdbk about the effect of consolidating elections. Turnout is increased. However, results don't change very much. A huge dataset and careful attention to method. A must-read. https://t.co/3yFS3Cg6FL
The team here at @MITelectionlab is back after a year-end break, and if you likewise were on break and missed this, you're in luck! Data nerds, rejoice: