Resources

Report summarizing ways election officials can use public information campaigns to restore voter trust in election administration.

Explains risk limiting audits (RLA) for observers, including steps, what observers should monitor, and how RLAs compare with other post-election checks.

This report describes the Carter Center's observation of the 2022 risk limiting audit conducted in Georgia.

This report outlines Virginia's 2022 risk limiting audit process, results, observations, and recommendations for future audits.

This report provides practical guidance for conducting tabulation audits, with discussion of audit methods and links to risk limiting audit resources.

This report highlights key trends in voter turnout among voters with disabilities in the 2022 elections. Authors note an increase in turnout among these voters compared to the 2018 midterms, especially in states with expanded vote by mail policies. However, approx. 14% of voters with disabilities reported some difficulties voting.

This report summarizes the findings of a 2022 national survey of eligible voters with and without disabilities to understand the role of the internet in accessing voting information. Topics covered include computer and internet use, sources of information on the voting process used in 2020, and accessibility of information sources, among other topics.

This report examines barriers that prevent voters with disabilities from voting privately and independently. The report recommends several actions to overcome these barriers, including improving the accessibility of voting information and access to accessible voting technology, and integrating the disability community into all aspects of voting, among other things.

This post-election survey reports on how Americans cast ballots in 2022 and how confident they were that votes were counted accurately.

This National Task Force on Election Crises resource explains how election officials communicate results, conduct canvasses and audits, and confirm outcomes to build public trust.

This survey / research report focuses on election misinformation, fraud narratives, or public misperceptions and their effects on confidence in U.S. elections. It is relevant because beliefs about fraud and exposure to misleading claims are central mechanisms through which confidence in election outcomes rises or falls. For this dataset, it adds evidence on one of the recurring drivers of election trust: experience, information, partisanship, security, or institutional performance.

This report, issued by the Office of the State Auditor, summarizes a statistical analysis of ballots submitted in the Washington 2020 general elections, with an emphasis on understanding common reasons and predictors of ballot rejection. Its findings point to the county where a ballot was cast as being the most significant variable related to ballot rejection. The report concludes with recommendations for the state aimed at reducing ballot rejections.