MEDSL Guest Authors

Voter Registration Processes in 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 index…

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…

Divided States of Mail Ballots

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab manages the Elections Performance Index (EPI), an objective…

A Look at Registration and Turnout Rates in the 2016 Elections Performance Index

Voters Think about Voting Machines

The annual State Certification Testing of Voting Systems National Conference gave me an opportunity to put together a talk based on unpublished public opinion research I have done in recent years about public attitudes toward voting machines and election security. I…

Pulling Rank: Ranked Choice Voting in Maine & Beyond

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

Who Votes When — and Why?

Electoral Context, Mode of Voting, and Turnout

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab helps highlight new research and interesting ideas in election science. Brian Hamel, Jan Leighley, Marvin McNeese, and Robert Stein recently…

Descriptive Representation in Election Administration

Poll Workers and Voter Confidence

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab helps highlight new research and interesting ideas in election science. Bridgett King recently presented a paper at…

Our Images of Voter Fraud are Biased, and They Have Consequences

The MIT Election Data and Science Lab helps highlight new research and interesting ideas in election science. David Kimball and Adriano Udani recently presented a paper at the 2018 annual meeting of the Midwest…