Research shows that positive voter experiences shape public views about election integrity,
especially confidence that votes are counted accurately. Local election officials (LEOs) play …

Proponents of restrictive voting policies argue that they are necessary to reduce fraud beliefs
and instill confidence in elections. However, recent scholarship examining this dynamic in …

Recent accusations of election illegitimacy in the United States have sent election officials
looking for ways to assure citizens election outcomes are fair. While much of the scholarly …

Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact citizens' comfort voting in-person? Did it influence their
decision to vote, and if so, which method they used to cast their ballot? This article presents …

The COVID-19 pandemic made salient the risks posed by an infectious disease at a polling
place. To what degree did such health risks, as with other changes to voting costs, affect the …

To protect voters from the COVID-19 pandemic, polling places were outfitted with a myriad of
policies aimed at limiting COVID-19 spread, including socially distanced voting, routinely …

In the lead-up to the 2020 election, states enacted a myriad of changes to how voters
accessed the registration and voting process, such as automatically mailing ballots …

American elections rely upon an army of citizen poll workers for their administration. Before
and on Election Day, poll workers serve on the front lines of democracy, interacting with the …