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Private Funding for Election Administration

Private Funding for Election Administration

This report offers an overview of private funding for election administration. It starts by providing some background on funding for election administration in general and the role of private funding…

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Claims That Social Media Endangers Democracy Are Mostly Misinformation

Claims That Social Media Endangers Democracy Are...

Politicians, pundits, academics, psychologists, and consultants have been trying to understand why people vote the way they do for as long as democratic elections have been held. There are many…

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Accessibility as a Focus, Not a Feature

Accessibility as a Focus, Not a Feature

The Help Americans Vote Act (HAVA) was born out of the 2000 Presidential Election, but its implications are still being felt today as election officials and voting system vendors work…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Federal Election Campaigns: Legal Background and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Federal Election...

Federal campaign finance law does not specifically regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in political campaign advertising. As technology continues to evolve, concerns have grown regarding the use of…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Federal Election Campaigns: Legal Background and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Federal Election...

Federal campaign finance law does not specifically regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in political campaign advertising. As technology continues to evolve, concerns have grown regarding the use of…

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Election Worker Safety and Privacy

Election Worker Safety and Privacy

Some election workers have raised concerns about their physical safety while performing official duties, as well as threats to their safety and privacy outside the workplace and related psychological effects.…

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Effective Presidential Transitions Can Earn the Public’s Trust

Effective Presidential Transitions Can Earn the...

Presidential transitions can only be effective if the public trusts that the people involved will honor the results of democratic elections and value the need for new administrations to prepare…

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The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA):  Overview and Ongoing Role in Election Administration Policy

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA): ...

This report provides an overview of HAVA and the ongoing role the act has played in policy discussions about election administration. It starts by describing major provisions of HAVA and…

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Service Performance of Election Mail for the 2022 Mid-Term Elections

Service Performance of Election Mail for the 2022...

This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of Service Performance of Election Mail for the 2022 mid-term elections (Project Number 22-187). Our objective was to evaluate the U.S.…

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Rapid Architecture-Based Election Technology Verification (RABET-V)

Rapid Architecture-Based Election Technology...

Testing non-voting election technology has received relatively little attention compared to that of voting systems. The latter has a robust voluntary program run by the Election Assistance Commission and, in…

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