election science

Voters in Stamford, CT, line up to vote early in 2024, at a polling station

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September 11, 2025

Ask an Expert: Heading into Election Season 2025, What Are the Obstacles to All Votes Being Counted?

Guest Commentary

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September 9, 2025

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

Guest Commentary

Poll workers assist voters on Super Tuesday at the First Ward Creative Academy, Mecklenburg County Precinct 13 on March 5, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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September 12, 2024

Ask A Scientist: How Can Science and Data Inform Fairer, Freer Elections?

Guest Commentary

A poll worker helps a voter.

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August 19, 2024

Where Have All the Election Officials Gone?

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

Three people watch televisions mounted above a bar: one screen shows a baseball game; the other shows footage of former president Trump holding his head after an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania in July 2024.

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August 8, 2024

What Research Tells Us about Political Violence

Christopher Williams
Former Staff

Data bubble in front of US flag

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June 20, 2024

Strengthening Our Democracy: Science-Based Recommendations to Improve Election Data Transparency

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

US voting ballot

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March 4, 2024

How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

voting/ballot box

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February 15, 2024

A New Election Science Task Force Aims to Strengthen Our Elections—and Our Democracy

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

Daily Hampshire Gazette

January 16, 2024

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

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

US Supreme Court

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June 9, 2023

The US Supreme Court Upholds the Voting Rights Act, and Election Science, For Now

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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December 10, 2018

Congress Can Finally Secure Our Right to an Equally Weighted Vote: Here’s How

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow