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New Grant Opportunity
We are proud to announce a new grant program entitled “The Evolving Election Administration Landscape.” The program will support research projects that illuminate how the evolving election administration landscape has changed in light of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, broadly considered. Click on this card to learn more and apply.
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2022 Election Sciences, Reform, and Administration
The conference brings together political scientists and other experts in election administration to develop rigorous empirical approaches to the study of how law and administrative procedures affect the quality of elections in the United States.
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The Cost of Conducting Elections
Read our latest report on the cost of elections (and who should bear that cost), produced with the National Institute for Civil Discourse:
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Announcing the Elections Performance Index
The MIT Election Data and Science Lab is proud to launch the updated Elections Performance Index, providing a nonpartisan, objective measure of state election administration from 2008–2020.
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By applying scientific principles to how elections are studied and administered, MEDSL aims to improve the democratic experience for all U.S. voters.
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