Archive for 2013

New York City’s Board of Elections used its Twitter feed to interact with voters and troubleshoot problems during an eventful primary day yesterday.

Dana Chisnell of the Center for Civic Design presented an excellent voter’s-eye view of the voting process as part of her testimony last week at the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.

“New” voting equipment purchased with federal money a decade ago is already becoming obsolete – and election officials are looking to innovation – technological and procedural – to catch up.

Washington State is participating in a new multi-state program to upgrade voter rolls through shared information – which enables flagging of errant or duplicate records as well as notifying eligible but unregistered citizens of the opportunity to join the rolls.

An email from New York illustrates that changes in how the Postal Service postmarks (or doesn’t) new types of stamps could complicate the electoral process.

Yesterday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections resolved a pair of heated county disputes regarding student voting. These disputes are likely to continue in the wake of recent election law changes – and the state is urging counties to try to get along.

ElectionDiary’s Brian Newby uses last week’s fast-food protests over wages to look again at worker pay in elections – and finds that the value we place on elections may not be matched by comparable pay for election workers.

One more short vacation before Labor Day (with bonus re-post of beach-related election geekery from 2011)!

Election officials are asked to respond to a survey that is intended to provide the latest data on election administration nationwide. The results will be used to assist the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.

A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project details the growth in home broadband adoption and flags the increasing popularity of smartphones as a tool for accessing online content.