election

a diverse group of 9 people standing in line waiting to vote

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October 30, 2025

With Disinformation and Threats of Prosecution, Trump Administration Targets Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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September 9, 2025

Missing Pieces: Why Filling Gaps in Voting Data is Key to Building Trust in Elections

Guest Commentary

Voters line up at a polling place in Atlanta, Georgia.

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February 13, 2025

Voter Access Would Be Threatened by New Bills

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

U.S. Attorney General nominee-designate Pam Bondi at the center of a group of people in suits, speaking at a microphone

Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

December 17, 2024

Trump’s DOJ Could Pose a Danger to Elections and Voting Rights

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

A woman at a voting information booth.

Derrick Z. Jackson

November 1, 2024

Uneasy Election Enthusiasm in Philadelphia

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

envelope for a mail ballot

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October 2, 2024

Election 2024 Is Already Happening—and So Is the Fight in the Courts

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

The Texas State Capitol

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September 3, 2024

Texas’ Mass Voter Purge Highlights a National Strategy of Suppression

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Voter contemplating ballot in polling booth

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August 13, 2024

When Bad Ballot Designs Confuse Voters, Democracy Suffers. Science has Solutions.

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

We the people sign outside US Capitol

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March 11, 2024

US Elections Aren’t as Free and Fair as They Should Be. Here’s How Science Can Help

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Daily Hampshire Gazette

January 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Can Election Science Ensure the Integrity of the 2024 Elections?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

U.S. Air National Guard/Senior Master Sgt. Michael Davis

July 20, 2023

No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

"What Now?" neon sign

November 9, 2022

What Now? Reflections on Post-Election Democracy in America

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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November 9, 2022

Our Post-Election Plan for Progress

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

hand dropping a mail-in ballot at a mailbox

Cindy Shebley/flickr

October 18, 2022

Scientist Reflects: Mail-In Ballots Address Barriers to Voting

UCS Science Network

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October 6, 2022

California’s Proposition 30 Would Put the Transition to Clean Transportation in the Fast Lane

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

A cityspace of buildings in Milwaukee, WI, with a Shephard Fairey mural on the side of one building reading, "Voting rights are human rights"

Tom Barrett/Unsplash

July 1, 2022

How the Science Community Can Secure Our Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Omari Spears/UCS

August 24, 2020

Science in the Election Cycle with the Science Voter Guide

UCS Science Network

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May 5, 2020

New Study Shows Benefits of Voting by Mail

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Daniel Acker/Reuters

April 9, 2020

The Election Travesty in Wisconsin is a Wake-up Call for the Nation

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Omari Spears/UCS

March 11, 2020

States Need to Update Emergency Election Plans, Scientists Need to Step Up

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 4, 2020

It’s Time to Ask the Candidates: How Will You Use Science to Protect Everyone?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Lucas Sankey/Unsplash

November 20, 2019

Will Democratic Candidates Finally Talk About Democracy Tonight?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Mike Olliver/UCS

November 4, 2019

On the Verge of Another Election, How is Science Political?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

Photo: Elizabeth Greenwald/CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia)

June 3, 2019

Let’s Stop Letting Minority Rule Give Us Science Fiction Abortion Laws

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow