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CEIR in the Field: Election Day in Fairfax City

December 06, 2018

4 min read

CEIR Research Associate Jenny Lovell spent Election Day 2018 in Fairfax City, Virginia, where she was an election officer. She showed up to her assigned […]

National Voter Registration Day by the Numbers

September 25, 2018

2 min read

What is National Voter Registration Day? Every year, National Voter Registration Day is held on the fourth Tuesday in September. This year’s is being held […]

California Voter’s Choice Act June 2018 Primary Election Report

June 16, 2019

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Signed into law in 2016, the California Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) is a new elections model that was introduced in five counties during the June […]

California Voter’s Choice Act November 2018 General Election Report

March 16, 2020

1 min read

Signed into law in 2016, the California Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) is a new elections model that was introduced in five counties during the 2018 […]

2018 Voter Registration Database Security Report

September 05, 2018

1 min read

The threat of foreign interference in U.S. elections is real. In the wake of the Russian government’s attempt to interfere with election infrastructure in 2016, […]

2022 Voter Registration Database Security Report

February 08, 2023

2 min read

Executive Summary Under substantial scrutiny and amid a national environment of misinformation and distrust, election officials across the country successfully administered highly secure and accessible […]

2020 Voter Registration Database Security Report

August 05, 2020

2 min read

During the last presidential election year, foreign adversaries waged disinformation campaigns and, in a small number of cases, infiltrated voter registration databases (VRDBs). Now, there […]

The Expansion of Voting Before Election Day, 2000–2024

March 19, 2024

9 min read

Watch the Webinar: NPR Correspondent Miles Parks joined CEIR’s Executive Director David Becker and Research Director Chris Mann to discuss the key points and takeaways […]

Michigan Joins ERIC, Half of States Now Members

January 17, 2019

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Yesterday, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced that Michigan has become the 25th state to join the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which helps […]

Vote by Mail in Denver’s Primary:
When Ballots Were Returned & Why Some Were Rejected

July 12, 2018

1 min read

Denver recently held its 2018 primary election, and the Elections Division has provided helpful data on the trends of mail-in ballots. Starting with around 380,000 […]