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Sep 10, 2018

Insights into Voting Wait Time from the 2016 Elections Performance Index

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab manages the Elections Performance Index (EPI), an objective, nonpartisan assessment tool evaluating U.S. election administration. Following the recent update to the…

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Mar 18, 2021

The Effect of Ranked-Choice Voting in Maine

Written by Jesse Clark, a graduate researcher at the MIT Election Lab and a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ranked-choice voting (RCV), or broadly the ability to rank candidates according to voter…

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Feb 26, 2019

Mismatched: The Trouble with Making a National Precinct Return Shapefile

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Jul 11, 2019

Learning About Undervotes from Ballot-Level Data

Evidence from the 2018 Florida Midterm Election

Charles Stewart in MIT Election Lab

Aug 29, 2018

What’s a Residual Vote, and What’s It Doing in the Elections Performance Index?

What does it mean when a voter’s ballot doesn’t contain a vote for president? The answer to this question reveals what we know, or think we know, when we look at the residual vote rate, one of…

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May 5, 2020

A US Postal Service truck parked on the curb in a residential neighborhood.

What do we know about vote-by-mail?

Lessons from Wisconsin, North Carolina, and beyond

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Jan 22, 2021

A Summary of the 2020 Election: Survey on the Performance of American Elections

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Jul 27, 2018

The Cost of Ranked Choice Voting

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab helps highlight new research and interesting ideas in election science, and is a proud co-sponsor of the Election Sciences, Reform, & Administration Conference (ESRA).

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Oct 19, 2020

Solving the Problem of Long Lines on Election Day

What does queuing theory say about managing polling…

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May 24, 2018

MEDSL Explains: Voting by Mail and Absentee Voting

These were the top 10 stories published by MIT Election Lab; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

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The MIT Election & Data Science Lab uses scientific principles to examine how elections are administered. We aim to improve the democratic experience for all U.S. voters, and serve as a bridge to like-minded researchers and practitioners. Visit us at https://electionlab.mit.edu.

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