1. Heavy turnout in the morning, lighter but still heavy turnout in the evening. While there is some variation, the busiest time for voting will be in the morning before 9am, getting less-busy midday and potentially picking up again after work. If you’re voting on Election Day, the best time to go to avoid a…
1. It’s exceedingly difficult to hack or rig an election. Despite hysteria to the contrary, it is nearly impossible to hack or rig the outcome of a national election in the U.S., for several reasons. Election administration in the U.S. is decentralized. There are nearly 10,000 separate election jurisdictions in the U.S., using dozens of different…
As we reported in September, Facebook outreach to its users contributed to a significant increase in online voter registration activity in the days preceding National Voter Registration Day on September 27. Online registration transactions – both new registrations and updates to existing registrations – appear to have increased more than seven times on average September 23rd…
UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DATA AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 Today, September 27th, is National Voter Registration Day – a day when non-profits, campaigns, and government officials from across the political spectrum join together to encourage everyone to check and update their voter registration, and register to vote if they haven’t already. In just a few…
As of today, 32 states and the District of Columbia have online voter registration, and that number is growing. The benefits are well known and well documented: online voter registration is more convenient, more efficient, and more secure than paper, and while it requires an initial modest investment, it saves states money in printing costs…
We once again find ourselves in the hyper-partisan season of a presidential election, where both sides make claims about the process for political advantage while election professionals find themselves caught in the middle, trying to do a difficult job under intense scrutiny. This year, however, is different from previous ones in one critical aspect– there…
Thanks to the work of many of you advancing sound data-driven policies and technology, it has never been easier for almost all U.S. voters to register to vote, get election information, and cast their ballots successfully. Yet despite these improvements, voter turnout across the United States, particularly in non-presidential elections, has declined to historically low…
