Resources

Use our resource library to explore the latest research in the field of election science.

161 Resources

Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This resource provides a transcript of U.S. Election Assistance Commission public hearing on election audit standards, reflecting current discussions among election officials and audit experts.

Wren Orey, William T. AdlerBipartisan Policy Center2026
Voter Registration Reports

This analysis suggests that documentary proof of citizenship requirements would affect voters across the electorate. While Democrats and Republicans possess some form of documentary proof at similar rates, Republicans’ reliance on birth certificates mean they may be more heavily impacted by documentary proof requirements than Democrats. Additionally, wealthier and more highly educated voters are more likely to have documentary proof than others.

Joshua D. ClintonVanderbilt University2026
Voter Trust Academic Papers

This study characterizes how confidence in the accuracy of national elections changed with the projected election of President Trump on Election Day.

Voter Registration Academic Papers

The resources below are designed to help election officials manage the process of registering voters and creating, updating, and maintaining voter records.

Jennifer Gaudette, Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, Mackenzie Lockhart, Mindy Romero, Laura Uribe2026
Voter Trust Academic Papers

This research focuses on the results of novel survey experiments that expose respondents in one state to messages produced by election officials in another state. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all become more trusting once they are exposed to information about other states’ election protections.

Cheryl Boudreau, Jennifer Gaudette, Thad Kousser, Seth J. Hill, Mackenzie Lockhart, Laura Uribe Yale University2026
Voter Trust Academic Papers

Paper sharing the results of three studies exploring the effectiveness of earned and paid media, federal vs state elected officials, and videos vs static images to convey trusted election information.

Jennifer Gaudette, Mac LockhartYale University2026
Voter Trust Briefs

Article summarizing how short-form, low-budget vertical videos can be used by election officials to improve voter trust.

Ready for Tuesday2026
Voter Registration Reports

This report provides guidance to election officials to communicate about the work they are doing related to voter list maintenance.

Christian FongUniversity of Michigan2026
Voter Trust Academic Papers

This academic paper revisits public attitudes about voter identification and voter fraud in a period of intensifying partisan polarization. It is relevant because beliefs about fraud and exposure to misleading claims are central mechanisms through which confidence in election outcomes rises or falls.

States United2025
Voter Trust Reports

The report finds people who expressed higher levels of confidence that their vote would be counted as intended were more likely to vote. This pattern was consistent across partisan groups and most prominent among independents; If Americans felt more confident about the security of the 2024 election, turnout could have increased by 3.0-3.7 percentage points; If all Americans felt the highest levels of confidence going into November 2024, as many as 4.7-5.7 million more voters may have cast a ballot.

John M. Carey, Brian Fogarty, Marília Gehrke, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler 2025
Voter Trust Academic Papers

Study investigating how to counter misinformation about voting and election fraud using a comparitive study between the United States and Brazil.

Michael Morse, Wren Orey, Joann BautistaBipartisan Policy Center2025
Voter Registration Reports

This report focuses on two of the most salient topics in list maintenance policy discussions today: mobility and citizenship.