REMINDAR: 🟠TODAY🟠 Wednesday, 10/1 at 11am Pacific. Register NOW! #ElectionScienceOfficeHours @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social of @caltech.edu / @caltechlcssp.bsky.social & @benadida.com of @voting.works #CaltechElectionIntegrity

Election geeks, if you haven't heard, the annual ESRA conference is looking for hosts for the 2026 and 2027 conferences! More info available on their site; a great chance to show off your center &/or state:

New episode: Our panel of election law experts unpacks the @mitelectionlab.bsky.social 2024 SPAE and the growing conversation around mid-decade redistricting. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=8iQ3... #ElectionLaw #SPAE2024 #Redistricting

If you've been following our precinct-level data closely, you might have noticed some updates last week! We've now added Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kansas to the 2024 dataset. Check out all of our available states on our GitHub: buff.ly/k6S0zTU

🚨Last chance!🚨 Our webinar all about the 2024 Survey of the Performance of American Election is happening TODAY, 7/28, at 1pm ET! Don't miss out; register to join us now: buff.ly/8G8ET5G

Election friends, have you signed up for our webinar tomorrow? Join our director from 1-2pm ET tomorrow, July 29, as he leads a tour through the 2024 SPAE data & what it shows us about voters' experiences. Register today:

In the newsletter this week, "How We Voted 2024", the Survey of the Performance of American Elections from @mitelectionlab.bsky.social . That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionline...

Have you registered for our webinar on Tuesday, 7/29 yet? If not, block off your calendar for 2pm ET and join our director for a deep dive into how Americans voted in 2024, and how those voters experienced the 2024 election process. Don't miss out; sign up today! buff.ly/sfETWgb

ICYMI: Earlier this week, we released the 2024 Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Even better: we're hosting a webinar next Tuesday, 7/29 at 2pm ET all about it! Learn more and register today:

How did voters experience the election process in 2024? Our latest report details our findings from the 2024 Survey of the Performance of American Elections; you can find it (and the data behind it!) on our website now: buff.ly/40I25IF

Looking to learn more about our newest report + data from the 2024 Survey of the Performance of American Elections? Join our webinar on July 29 at 1pm ET to hear directly from our director, Charles Stewart. Register today: buff.ly/vE4J11N

Good morning election friends! We've just launched the 2024 report + data from the Survey of the Performance of American Elections, which examines voter experiences from the perspective of voters themselves. Find it here: buff.ly/F3OWNkP

Good morning, election data nerds! Here's a Monday morning present for you: we've finished updating our county-level presidential election results dataset to include 2024. The full dataset (covering 2000-2024) is now available on our Dataverse: buff.ly/eUGYc1h

Don't miss out on today's EAC Election Data Summit! Tune into the panels and hear from election officials, academics, and others as they discuss new data and innovative research on election administration: buff.ly/eNqkpQb

Attention election data geeks! If you missed it earlier this week, we're here to remind you that the U.S. EAC has released the 2024 EAVS report. Dive into the data and get your weekend reading material here: buff.ly/udX7kHb

Hot off the presses! Our team's just published a paper examining the accuracy of vote counting in 2020, using a nation-scale dataset painstakingly compiled from postelection audits. tl;dr: Americans' votes were counted correctly in 2020. Full details:

Another day, another state added to our 2024 precinct-level election dataset! We've just added Kentucky to the dataset; too late for the Derby, but hopefully right on time for you to use in your analysis & research! Find all of the data here: buff.ly/2l4Oh0i

Eagle-eyed followers might have noticed that our map of precinct data has a few updates! We've now added Florida and South Carolina precinct data to our repository. Check them out, and stay tuned for a few more states that we're juuuuuuust about to finish: buff.ly/2l4Oh0i

Today we have *two* graphs of election administration data to update you on Wisconsin's spring election. 1st: our usual absentee visual, updated through today. 2nd: a look at counties' proportions of absentee ballots for 2025 vs. 2023. See the alt-text or visit buff.ly/envT3fn for more info!

In Wisconsin's spring election this year, 408k absentee ballots have been returned so far. Visit buff.ly/QniyKcO to see more of our work tracking election administration data.

I've just posted on Substack about who possesses passports, for reference the day after President Trump's executive order about elections. playingwithelectiondata.substack.com/p/so-much-t...

Are you following the spring Wisconsin election? So are we! Here's a reminder that we are posting regular updates as we track election administration data over at buff.ly/AA0x5RK. For more info on what we're doing, check out our blog post: buff.ly/Bdvv85q

Next up from the @caltech.edu LCSSP conference - “Trust and Integrity in the 2024 Election: The View from the Voters” is the keynote from @charlesstewartiii.bsky.social, Director of the @mitelectionlab.bsky.social. This session was moderated by Betsy Sinclair, WashU youtu.be/fjM4tYTDZDc?...

ICYMI: we're tracking interesting data from a few state elections this year, starting with Wisconsin! The Badger State's begun absentee voting for its spring election; here's a look at what the ballot numbers so far look like compared to 2023:

There's no federal election this year, but elections are still happening! WI kicks off early voting for a spring election today, and more states have elections later this year. We'll be following a few & providing data updates; read our blog for more info! buff.ly/EfttUMM

Happy Friday, election geeks! We're showing our love for you today by bringing you not one but TWO new states, just added to our 2024 precinct election data: https://buff.ly/4jSaoqR

As we finalize our post-election report, don't miss our look at how long it took to count the vote in 2024, and how that compared to 2020:

Our friends at @electionsvoting.bsky.social have officially launched the results of the 2024 Local Election Official Survey! Check it out for an unparalleled look at how election officials are doing, organizational challenges they face, and voter experiences:

Heads up, election geeks! Read this sneak peek, and mark your calendars for next week's launch from @electionsvoting.bsky.social:

Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that we've added another state to our 2024 precinct-level election dataset! Stay tuned for more: our team is working full steam ahead on a bevy of new states, coming soon. https://buff.ly/40RFgQS

GIG ALERT: Come work with us! We are looking for a research director to join our team ASAP; this position is a great fit for a PhD/ABD interested in helping manage a lab & contributing to a range of academic projects. More info & application are available: https://buff.ly/4jwRvtg

ICYMI: We're looking for a research associate to join our team! Spread the word, or learn more and apply:

🚨GIG ALERT🚨: We are hiring! We're looking for a research associate to join our team. This is an ideal position for a new graduate interested in elections & wanting to gain research experience. Spread the word, or learn more and apply:

Our staff here at the MIT Election Lab will be enjoying a well-deserved break over the holidays, resting up to bring you more data and new analyses as soon as we come back. Wishing you a happy new year -- we'll see you all in 2025!

Did you know that we're up to six completed states so far in our work to clean & publish precinct-level 2024 election return data? The team's on a roll! Check it out & keep track of our progress: https://buff.ly/3DDMaQc

Ready for a good read to start your weekend? Don't miss this sneak peek at our forthcoming post-election analysis for the #ElectionsPerformance Central, featuring a look at how long it took to count the votes for the 2024 election: https://buff.ly/3Zry1gw

Our director Charles Stewart gives a first look at the data from the Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Look for the 2024 data early next year, or learn more about the survey now at https://buff.ly/4igFUOn #ElectionsSummit24

Super interesting sneak peek at EVIC’s 2024 local election official survey today. Keep an eye out for the full results next month! @ElectionsVoting.bsky.social #ElectionsSummit24

Are you tuning into today’s Bipartisan Policy Center #ElectionsSummit24? You should! Register for the livestream before the first panel gets underway: https://buff.ly/41hItd2

Why do we bother to collect, clean, and publish precinct data after every election? What can precinct data be used for? We're so glad you asked:

Wondering how we clean and quality assure the data that go into our precinct-level election results datasets? How accurate are they? We wrote a whole paper about our efforts! You can read it here: buff.ly/3V1gTws.

Another day, another state added to our 2024 precinct-level election results dataset! Please welcome South Dakota to the 2024 repository, or check out the other states already there: https://buff.ly/4eLh5ae

ICYMI:

Attention election data nerds! We have added a second state to our 2024 precinct-level election results data collection: Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain! https://buff.ly/4eAoHfU

IMPORTANT UPDATE for all our election nerd friends, new and old: our 2024 election data collection efforts are officially underway! We've published our first dataset of precinct-level election results: from Delaware, an early certifier. Find it here: https://buff.ly/3Z4pQI2

We're back from the long weekend & have discovered there are a whole bunch of new folks here; welcome! We study how US elections are run, and we *love* to dig around in & share data about that. Along with our posts here, you can find all our work over at electionlab.mit.edu. Thanks for tuning in!

Do you have questions about how elections are run in the US? We've got a collection of great explainers that dig into why election administration works the way it does here, and look at the research behind some of those decisions: https://buff.ly/4fgcVZa

How many voters in North Carolina chose to cast their vote early or by mail this year, and how did that compare to 2020?

How many Pennsylvanians voted by mail or absentee ballot in 2024, compared to 2020?

In Georgia this year, over 4 million ballots were cast and accepted before Election Day. We took a look at the demographics of Georgia's mail and early voters: