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Election policy is nuanced and reflects the patchwork of regulations across states and jurisdictions across our country. In response to the need for clarity on the status of existing vote at home policy, we issued our “Vote at Home Policy Actions: COVID-19 Response”, a comprehensive 50 State Policy Analysis & Ranking.
View AnalysisShortly after Super Tuesday, we were faced with evaluating how to conduct modern elections during a pandemic. The fully in-person model has long proven ineffective for many voters, and COVID-19 made those inefficiencies more pronounced: lack of funding, reliance on a vulnerable health population to work polls, close proximity for potentially hours on end in lines. In March 2020, NVAHI authored our “Vote at Home Scale Plan”: a roadmap for scaling up voting at home policies and infrastructure in a timely and effective way to help ensure the security and efficacy of American elections in 2020.
Download PlanVoting at home is an easy process for voters, made possible by a constellation of processes behind the scenes. If you’re looking for the big picture of how it all comes together, and how voting at home positively impacts voters, read “The Colorado Voting Experience: A Model That Encourages Full Participation”, a joint effort by Common Cause and NVAHI outlining the strengths of Colorado’s vote at home system — and what other states can incorporate into their own models.
View AnalysisWhat is, best practices, and lessons learned from the National Vote at Home Institute (Updated Spring 2020).
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Stanford/Berkeley/UW research – CO sees 9.4% turnout increase from VAH
Read MoreMassachusetts Institute of Technology Research – Voting by mailed ballots down the the county level – from 2016
Read More28 million mailed ballots did NOT go missing – Real Clear Politics article missed the mark
Read MoreUS Election Assistance and Voting Survey 2018 – more detailed data, similar conclusions
Read MoreStanford University research – voting by mailed ballot does not provide any partisan advantage
Read MoreA very insightful book on the subject, co-authored by our CEO Amber McReynolds.
Read MoreWestern states 2018 vote from mailed ballots – the data showing the 69%
Read MoreCost of voting by state in 2016. States with 100% vote at home, Oregon and Colorado, rank #1 and #2.
Read MoreBipartisan Policy Center – Election Task Force Report, VAH coverage starts on page 24
Read MoreUS regional voting methods over time – from MIT Election Lab
Read MoreUS Census data on the 2018 election – alternatives to Election Day voting hit 40%
Read MoreResearch from 2018 shows 69% of ballots cast in western states via vote at home is 27% nationally
Read MoreThank you to everyone involved in the ballot processing operation! Your hard work means so much to ... us 🥳
And the marathon begins..a full time staff of 15 plus hundreds of temp workers that expands to thousands on Election Day. We work nonstop from today until the final canvass on Nov 12th to count your votes! It’s a dedicated team - we thrive on an adrenaline high on democracy! 🇺🇸
