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How officials implement the rules and manage the processes of elections, from registering voters and processing ballots to counting votes and certifying results. Reporting on the people and practices behind each step.
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This time, an independent auditing agency acted at the instruction of the state legislature, providing new perspective — and familiar results.
Navy veteran Alberto Ramos knows about the work that goes into voting at sea. That’s because there’s a specific job for it.
‘Election officials know that late changes almost always lead to unforeseen consequences,’ the group wrote, asking the court to not allow the rule to apply to this year’s Midterms.
By Chris Deaton
There’s already a lot of factual background to the Trump administration’s increase of investigative resources two months from Election Day. It tells a story the gist of which is unlikely to change.
By Chris Deaton
The Oklahoma governor, who just completed his term as chairman of the National Governors Association, argues in Declare for keeping America’s elections responsive and accountable with the right constitutional balance of power.
“It’s just support. It’s general support,” which New Hampshire could use from the federal government, its chief election official says. “Leave the actual processes up to the states.”
The USPS issued a final rule in late August, and the Supreme Court overruled a lower court in a related case one business day later. But the developments are hardly decisive about elections this November.
By Chris Deaton
Poll worker shortages are a common concern of election officials nationwide. In West Virginia and Tennessee, the secretaries of state try out something new to aid recruitment efforts.
“I am intrigued, but left with many questions” — six, in fact.
By Chris Deaton
The efforts of the Yavapai County Recorder’s office will likely help bolster trust in its elections, but it offers some useful information for officials and voters in other jurisdictions, too.
The president’s removal of two Election Assistance Commission members left a technical support agency vacant but is likely to have little effect on the 2026 Midterms.
By Chris Deaton
A judge determined that using a federal data tool for verifying voters’ citizenship status was beyond its lawful purpose. But the existence of such a mechanism might fill a need.