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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 […]

Restrictions on Private Funding of Elections

August 28, 2023

15 min read

Updated December 12, 2023   Go to State: AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL […]

Mail-in ballots to avoid coronavirus? Yes, but here’s how to minimize chaos and unfairness

March 30, 2020

3 min read

By David Becker Originally published in The Washington Post Voting by mail is a wonderful reform, but an overly aggressive expansion for November and limitation […]

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 […]

New Voter Registrations in 2020

August 26, 2020

3 min read

In recent months, several states have experienced a remarkable decline in their new voter registration numbers. This trend is especially notable when compared with new […]

Survey of Voter Beliefs about Election Integrity Post-Election 2022

January 11, 2023

6 min read

In 2021, The Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) partnered with Echelon Insights to better understand voter confidence and perceptions of election integrity in […]

Data Dive: Pre-Processing Mail Ballots

December 11, 2023

6 min read

Research by: April Tan, Kyle Upchurch, & Kyle Yoder Following the 2020 presidential election, the vote counting process lasted days before races could be called […]

The Facts About Election “Hacking” and a Plan to Counter the Threat

June 21, 2017

6 min read

This morning, the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on “Russian Interference in the 2016 Elections.” This comes in the context of recent revelations from former […]

Report: Nearly 97% of Eligible Voters Can Vote Before Election Day in 2024

March 20, 2024

1 min read

Ahead of the 2024 election, Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi and New Hampshire are the only remaining states without an option. The number of states offering early […]