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A voting method is the procedure at the heart of an election that specifies what information is to be gathered from voters, and how that collected information is to be utilized to determine the ...

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year's presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order. A ...

As a representative of the people who elected me, it's a serious concern when I hear talk about taking away options for people to vote. This national conversation around eliminating mail-in ballots ...

Voting is an important civic duty in the U.S., but it can also be stressful. Each election cycle brings forth new politicians, new legal propositions, and a litany of heated opinions from both major ...

Though democracy's inherent goal is to give voters an outlet to exercise their civic duty, that is not the reality for millions of voters. For many, voting has become a challenge, with logistical ...

In the 1998 election for governor of Minnesota, a Republican (Coleman) and a Democrat (Humphrey) were challenged by a third candidate: Jesse “The Body” Ventura, a former professional wrestler who was ...

A variety of statistical tools can detect potential breaches in the integrity of elections. These techniques draw on tools from many fields, including pure mathematics, statistics, and machine ...