With election officials facing the prospect of record numbers of voters at the polls in November, many are asking whether local administrators will be ready for the influx. Using both compiled information and the results of a survey of state election officials, a new report from the National Association of Secretaries of State examines this question, focusing on strategies to increase participation (such as online polling place lookups, targeted outreach to particular groups of voters, and convenience voting), polling place operations, and the reporting and auditing of results, and providing state-by-state profiles of preparations.
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The presidential primary season may have ended in June, but throughout the summer and early fall, states have held additional preliminary contests to select general election nominees for Congress and state and local offices. On September 9, Election Reform Project staff member Jessica Leval cast her vote in the District of Columbia’s primary, and, in this new piece, she describes a series of troubling experiences that cast doubt on the District’s readiness for a presidential election.
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