News in Brief Viewfinder Viewfinder: Counting Ballots a Week After the Election Attorneys oversee the ballot process at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Warehouse on November 15th, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Mid-Term Voting Disrupted by Humidity and Wet Weather in New York City Polling Places The five boroughs saw unusually high precipitation on Tuesday, with nearly 100 percent humidity, as New Yorkers trudged through the rain to cast their ballots. Ian MacDougall
News in Brief ‘I Pledge to Vote’ Gets People to the Polls Recent research identifies a promising way to get first-time voters to cast a ballot. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The System Is Rigged: How Bad Ballot Design Loses Votes There are a number of simple changes we can make so that voters know how to properly interpret… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Spotting Election Fraud Gets Smarter, Cheaper A push from USAID to cut costs and develop better solutions to international problems produces a more effective way to monitor elections. Emily Badger
News in Brief Voting Technology Research Gets In-Depth As election systems technology in America is getting more advanced, is the real world catching up to the laboratory? David Rosenfeld
Economics Politics & Law Previous Site Sections Big Margins Sidetrack Election Reform Five ways to safeguard voting rights and how close Senate races could save the election reform movement. David Rosenfeld
News in Brief Politics & Law Previous Site Sections Alaska: Land of Contradictions The politics of the Last Frontier are a strange brew of libertarianism, moralism, privacy and a love of government handouts. Lee Drutman
Business & Economics Economics Previous Site Sections Whistleblower Details Ohio Voting Red Flags Miller-McCune.com in May identified Ohio as one of five battleground states that have performed poorly in terms of… David Rosenfeld