Resources

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

117 Resources

Ronald L. Rivest, Philip B. Stark, Zara Perumal2017
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

This paper explores voting-rule design choices that can reduce audit burden and improve auditability, with implications for post-election verification.

Ronald L. RivestMIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory2017
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

In this paper, authors introduces ClipAudit, a simplified risk-limiting post-election audit method intended to make statistical audits more understandable and implementable.

Charles Stewart III, Stephen Ansolabehere, Nathaniel Persily2016
Voter Trust Academic Papers

This article revisits public attitudes about voter identification and voter fraud in a period of intensifying partisan polarization, focusing on beliefs about fraud and exposure to misleading claims being central mechanisms through which confidence in election outcomes rises or falls.

Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report discuss Colorado's risk-limiting audit pilot in Arapahoe County including the audit design, scanner/ballot procedures, and lessons for statewide implementation.

Maryland State Board of Elections2016
Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This reports details Maryland's pilot use of ballot-level images to audit tabulated results after adopting a new statewide voting system.

MIT Election Data + Science Lab2016
Voter Trust Reports

This post-election survey reports on how Americans cast ballots in 2016 and how confident they were that votes were counted accurately.

Christopher Anderson2005
Voter Trust Academic Papers

This classic book examines the consequences winning and losing for the legitimacy of democratic political institutions and systems.

Steven RicherHarvard Kennedy School, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Voter Trust Issue Briefs

Former Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer outlines a potential solution to improving voter trust by offering election facility tours.

Ready for Tuesday
Voter Trust Tools

VoterCast is a tool for election officials aimed at streamlining the voter outreach process using research-backed content.