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Learning from Elections

2023 Pre-SPSA Workshop Papers

The MIT Election Lab held a pre-conference workshop for grant recipients before the 2023 SPSA Conference. Research summaries from grant projects are available below.

Summaries

Evaluating the most effective approaches to correcting voter fraud misperceptions

Research Team: John Carey, Brian Fogarty, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler

Combatting Misinformation and Building Trust in Elections: Assessing Election Official Communications During the 2020 Election Cycle

Research Team: Thessalia (Lia) Merivaki, Mara Suttman-Lea

The Front Lines of Elections: Poll Workers in the New Election Administration Environment

Research Team: Barry C. Burden, Robert M. Stein, et al.

Evaluating Practitioner Interventions to Increase Trust in Elections

Research Team: Mindy Romero, Jennifer Gaudette, Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, Mackenzie Lockhart

Where Do Things Stand Now? Assessing the State of the Georgia Electorate Post-2022

Research Team: Trey Hood and Seth McKee

A Tale of Two Counties: A Study of Vote Centers in Fresno County and St. Louis County

Research Team: David Kimball, Lisa Bryant, and Anita Manion

Election Night Reporting in the 2022 Election

Research Team: Samuel Baltz, John Lapinski, Marc Meredith, et al.

Election Worker Recruitment and Retention in North Carolina

Research Team: Jason M. Roberts and Michael Greenberger

100% Independent Retabulation Election Audit, Leon County, Florida

Research Team: Lonna Atkeson, Lisa Bryant, Wendy Hansen, et al.

Voter Confidence and Electoral Participation

Thomas Cao, Susan Athey, and Herman Donner

Ballot Tracking in the US

Research Team: Mindy Romero and Paul Gronke

Leveraging Historical Voter Files as Accurate Measures of Who Votes

Research Team: Seo-young Silvia Kim, Bernard Fraga, and Daron Shaw

At the Confluence of Restoration and Mobilization: Examining the Feedback Effects of Citizen Re-Enfranchisement and the Role of the State in Democratic Stewardship​

Research Team: Stephanie Puello

Exploring Rural Election Administration with Special Attention to the Mississippi River Delta

Research Team: William McLean and Cameron Wimpy

Civic Roundtable: Retaining Election Officials in a Time of Uncertainty

Research Team: Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Jose Altamirano, Austin Boral, and Madeleine Smith

Whom Can I Trust? Exploring the American Public’s Favored Sources of Election Information

Research Team: Katie Harbath, Collier Fernekes, Rachel Orey, Mara Suttmann-Lea, and Michael Wagner

2023 Local Election Survey: Supporting and Advancing a Scientific and Community Resource to Understand the Evolving Role of Local Election Administrators

Research Team: Paul Gronke and Paul Manson