Research Grants
We are thrilled to be providing research grants to 18 research teams around the country. These grants, totaling nearly $2 million altogether, will enable the teams to spend most of the next year illuminating how the election administration landscape has changed in recent years. The research will provide both new scientific insights and practical guidance for election administrators around the country.
There are 18 projects that will be funded as part of this project, which is supported by the Election Trust Initiative. Each of these projects will add to the growing body of research that can be used to improve elections. Find basic information about the projects below, or read the more detailed summaries on our announcement page.
Research Teams
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Susan Athey, Thomas Cao, and Herman Donner |
Voter Confidence and Electoral Participation |
$100,000 |
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Lonna Atkeson, Wendy L. Hansen, and Lisa Bryant |
New Mexico and Florida: Election Audits and Election Studies |
$116,920 |
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Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Jose Altamirano, Austin Boral, and Madeleine Smith |
Civic Roundtable: Retaining Election Officials In A Time Of Uncertainty |
$56,050 |
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Paul Gronke and Paul Manson |
The Local Election Official Survey Program: Supporting and Advancing a Scientific and Community Resource to Understand the Evolving Role of Local Election Administrators |
$169,898 |
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Trey Hood |
Gauging the Effects of SB 202 on Non-Precinct Voting in Georgia |
$57,193 |
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Seo-young Silvia Kim, Bernard Fraga, and Daron Shaw |
Leveraging Historical Voter Files as Accurate Measures of Who Votes: Analyzing and Disseminating Voter File Data to Enhance Understanding of Elections |
$120,603 |
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David Kimball, Anita Manion, and Lisa Bryant |
Comparative Research on the Implementation of Vote Centers |
$85,935 |
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Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, Seth Hill, Judd Choate, Jesse A. Harris, Keith Ingram, and Courtney Bailey |
A Research Practice Partnership to Chart Voter Experiences and Test Best Practices for Building Trust in Elections |
$198,884 |
|
Christopher B Mann and Kathleen Searles |
Understanding Election Administration News Coverage and its Effects on Political Attitudes |
$80,982 |
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Thessalia Merivaki and Mara Suttman-Lea |
Combatting Misinformation and Building Trust in Elections: Assessing Election Official Communications During the 2020 Election Cycle |
$135,076 |
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Brendan Nyhan, John Carey, Brian Fogarty, and Jason Reifler |
The Effect of Voter and Election Fraud Misperceptions on U.S. Election Legitimacy |
$164,489 |
|
Stephanie Puello |
At the Confluence of Restoration and Mobilization: Examining the Feedback Effects of Citizen Re-Enfranchisement and the Role of the State in Democratic Stewardship |
$9,021 |
|
Jason M. Roberts and Michael Greenberger |
Election Worker Recruitment and Retention in North Carolina |
$60,819 |
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Mindy Romero and Paul Gronke |
A Proposal for the Evolving Election Administration Landscape Program of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab |
$165,000 |
|
Robert Stein and Barry Burden |
The Front Lines of Elections: Poll Workers in the New Election Administration Environment |
$67,235 |
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Wendy Underhill, Kathleen Hale, and Mitchell Brown |
The Evolution of Absentee/Mail Voting Laws, 2020 to the Present |
$157,000 |
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Matthew Weil, Katie Harbath, Rachel Orey, Collier Fernekes, Michael Wagner, and Mara Suttmann-Lea |
Whom Can I Trust? Exploring the American Public's Sources of Election Information |
$121,000 |
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Cameron Wimpy and William P. McLean |
Exploring Rural Election Administration: With Special Attention to the Mississippi River Delta |
$95,173 |