Elements in Campaigns and Elections

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Securing American Elections

by R. Michael Alvarez, Nicholas Adams-Cohen, Seo-young Silvia Kim, and Yimeng Li

Published 5 November 2020

The integrity of democratic elections, both in the United States and abroad, is an important problem. In this Element, we present a data-driven approach that evaluates the performance of the administration of a democratic election, before, during, and after Election Day. We show that this data-driven method can help to improve confidence in the integrity of American elections.