Election Administration
6 items tagged “Election Administration”
2026 Midterm Primary Calendar: The Next 90 Days
A source-based map of key U.S. primary dates in the next 90 days, with notes on runoff schedules and state-by-state variation.
Electoral Count Reform Act: What Changed in Certification
A document-based explainer of Electoral Count Reform provisions and how they changed presidential vote-count procedures.
Mail Ballot Deadlines and Cure Rules, State by State
How mail-ballot receipt deadlines and signature-cure processes differ across states, and what those differences mean for counting timelines.
Provisional Ballots: When They Count and Why
A clear explainer on provisional ballot rules under HAVA, common triggers, and how verification determines whether ballots are counted.
Recount Rules: Automatic vs Candidate-Requested
A state-law explainer of recount triggers, thresholds, and procedural differences between automatic and requested recounts.
Risk-Limiting Audits: How Post-Election Audits Work
What risk-limiting audits test, how they differ from recounts, and why they are designed around statistical confidence thresholds.