Archive for 2012

I’m taking a few days off – the blog will return on Monday, April 9. Have a great weekend!

Pew’s new Election Data Dispatch focuses on provisional ballot data from Ohio’s 2011 election. That data provides an opportunity to talk about how to view provisional ballots and what to do about ensuring otherwise valid voters don’t lose their votes.

A new Washington Post blog post about DC’s early voting is a powerful example of how the whole community – election officials plus technologists and the media – can come together to produce something incredibly valuable.

The election official and vendor in a disputed Florida municipal election are pointing fingers about who should have caught an error identified by a post-election audit.

This week’s electionlineWeekly looks at the effect of uncertainty about Wisconsin’s ID law on next Tuesday’s primary … and I quote Macbeth to urge the state Supreme Court to move quickly to resolve the uncertainty.

I’m moderating a panel today on the skills future (and current) generations of professionals will need to navigate the increasingly tech-heavy world of elections.

Pew’s latest Election Data Dispatch focuses on new data from Maricopa County, AZ demonstrating the significant benefits of online voter registration.

A recent cyber-attack on a Canadian party election raises the questions on what threats election officials can and should be able to predict and (if possible) prevent.

Candidates in Appleton, WI will no longer be allowed to bring doughnuts to pollworkers – and while that seems like a little thing it’s related to far bigger issues in the field of elections and politics.

After months of controversy and uncertainty in Indiana, the Governor’s appointment of Sen. Connie Lawson – who was an election official before joining the Legislature – is raising hopes that elections in the Hoosier State will now be a lot less interesting.