Archive for 2012

The MacArthur Foundation is supporting a joint effort by the Election Academy and usability expert Dana Chisnell to disseminate a series of design guides aimed at improving the voting experience by improving ballots and other voting materials.

Johnson County, KS’ Brian Newby had some thoughtful and substantive reactions to last week’s Counting Votes report from his own county’s perspective. They’re worth a look.

A recent article on a risk-limiting audit in California is a fascinating – and valuable – look at the process of post-election auditing.

Election Day 2012 is 100 days away. That’s a lot of time – but there’s still a lot to do.

A new report from Pew paints a vivid and striking picture of the fierce (yet predictable) spike in voter registrations before each general election.

“Counting Votes” is a new report looking at the state of voting technology in the U.S. There’s a lot here, but most important (in my opinion) are the best practices underpinning the report which should help inform the conversation nationwide.

The State of New Mexico recently decided to make registration forms instead of buying them from a vendor. Failure to print enough forms, however, has put local offices – especially Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) – in a bind.

Brian Newby’s weekend post focusing on returned postcards is a master class on the effects of mobility on election administration in the weeks and months leading up to Election Day.

Wake County is facing a difficult decision – driven by fiscal and other considerations – related to polling places and “one-stop” voting sites in this fall’s election.

North Carolina recently ran a runoff election with turnout so low that some polling places had no voters. That’s bad for a variety of reasons – and should prompt an examination of why some elections prompt voters (not) to vote with their feet.