Progress Report: September 2026
Under this program, we are supporting research by ten teams around the country. These projects, which were designed to inform practitioners and policymakers about current issues and close practice gaps, are grounded in data and aimed at providing a more comprehensive picture of existing voter list maintenance and registration practices and challenges. Ultimately, they will offer innovative solutions to the practical problems election officials face.
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In September 2026, we ran a series of articles on our blog written by each research team. In these articles, the teams shared their overall project goals and highlighted their progress and interesting findings so far. Explore all of the articles using the links below!
The Challenges of Voter List Maintenance After a State Leaves ERIC
Anita Manion and David Kimball, University of Missouri - St Louis
The Geography Behind the Ballot
Building Better Election Maps in Idaho
Vanessa Fry, Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University
Evaluating How the USCIS SAVE System Performs in Practice
Evidence from Election Offices
Jack Friedman and Wren Orey, Bipartisan Policy Center
Measures & Models for Voter List Accuracy in Orange County, California
R. Michael Alvarez – California Institute of Technology
Designing voter list maintenance communications that people can recognize, understand, and act on
Misty Crooks, Randy Hazdor, Hannah Pick, Whitney Quesenbery, and Fernando Sánchez, Center for Civic Design
The Litigation Landscape Concerning Voter List Maintenance
The Ohio State University’s Contribution to the MEDSL Project
Matthew Cooper and Steven Huefner,Election Law Program- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Active, Inactive, and Everything in Between
Active Voter Registration Rates and Policies for Making Voter Registration Records Inactive
Christopher Mann, April Tan, and Kira Flemke, Center for Election Innovation and Research
What Happens When a Voter Moves?
A Closer Look at List Maintenance Policies in the United States
James Alcorn,William & Mary Law School’s Election Law Program
What Indiana Voters Know About How Voter Registration is Maintained in the Hoosier State
Mara Suttmann-Lea, associate professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College, in collaboration with Ball State University’s Voting System Technical Oversight Program (VSTOP)