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Who's Voting for America's Mayors?

Every two years, Presidents, U.S. Senators and Representatives, and most statewide and state legislative officials are elecged. In party primaries, where the eventual winners in the vast majority of partisan races are decided, the typical participation rate is about 1 in 4 voters.

Vote at Home Policy
and Research Guide

Many states are undertaking pro-democracy reforms to improve voter access and engagement, including Same Day/Election Day registration, online registration, automatic voter registration, and early in-person voting. Vote at Home focuses on removing those barriers.

18-34 Year Old 2020 Turnout Overall and by Key Race and Ethnicities

An analysis of voting file data provides powerful, new evidence of significantly higher turnout in the 2020 presidential election among 18–34-year-olds in Vote at Home jurisdictions in which all active registered voters are automatically delivered ballots before the election.

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A Deep Dive into Absentee Ballot Rejection in the 2020 General Election

The November 2020 general election saw a surge of mail-in/absentee voting, mainly in response to

Universal Mail Ballot Delivery Boosts Turnout: The Causal Effects of Sending Mail Ballots to All Registered Voters

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, some American states had transitioned to universal voting-by-mail, where all

Who’s Voting for America’s Mayors? Hardly Anyone

September 2024 Every two years, leading politicians, journalists, interest groups, and citizens turn their collective

California’s Ballot Tracking Service: Who Is Using It and How Does It Impact Voters

Statewide ballot tracking was introduced to California voters in the 2020 election cycle after the

The Expansion of Voting Before Election Day, 2000–2024

The last two decades have seen a large expansion in the number of states offering