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2023 ESRA Conference

The 7th Annual Summer Conference on Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA) will be held in-person from Wednesday, May 31st to Friday, June 2nd at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Registration, the call for papers, and more information is now available! Submit your proposal before March 1, 2023.

Evolving Election Administration Landscape

Learning from Elections

Working to provide data-driven recommendations to make elections more convenient, secure, transparent, and cost effective.

Expanding our Knowledge

Oct 5, 2022

Announcing our Newest Grant Recipients

We are pleased to announce that we are funding 18 research teams around the country with our new Evolving Election Administration Landscape Grants! Click here to read more & see the full list of recipients and projects.

New Grant Projects

May 16, 2022

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:

New Report

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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Research Projects

Using data-driven scientific analysis, we strive to better understand how elections function in the U.S. Read more about our core research, and keep up to date with our newest projects.

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Our Data

Our lab is a clearinghouse for data sets that can fuel studies on elections and how they're conducted. Here you'll find our portal for election data and research tools produced by us and others.

Peruse our data, tools, and resources