Archive for November 2011

Maricopa County’s 2010 General Election Review is the latest subject of Pew’s Election Data Dispatches. It’s an amazing data feast for election geeks – come dig in!

Weston, CT is unhappy about being included in the latest statewide audit of voting machines. This post examines the underlying issues – which are likely to recur as more and more jurisdictions embrace the concept of auditing.

New Hampshire’s primary – and the election administration “starting gun” for the 2012 election – is just six weeks away. Here are some storylines worth watching as we move into a presidential election year.

A quick pre-Thanksgiving peek at two stories that feel like they’ll be with us for awhile. [Programming note: the blog will return on Monday, November 28.]

New census mobility data reveals that most moves occur close to home – which can create challenges for the nation’s election officials.

A short but gentle Friday rant about some recent media coverage of election administration. The moral? Knowing a little about the law and paying attention to language goes a long way.

New York still hasn’t made changes to accommodate military and overseas voters as required by federal law. Already facing a federal lawsuit, the state’s latest request for an extension was denied. That doesn’t mean anything will happen soon, though.

We dive into the archives to bring you up to date on a number of stories featured over the blog’s first few months.

Washington State’s recent experience with 21,000 unsent ballots highlights the importance of communication between agencies that have agreed to cooperate on voters’ behalf.

Unvoted ballots are a significant post-election challenge and a huge waste of public dollars. This post uses the analogy to the “snowplow problem” to look at efforts to more closely match ballot printing with voter demand for ballots.