A description from Meta about the state of their social media in the recent election cycle (including covert foreign influence operations Meta says it detected and quashed). Of course, it’d be nice if ...

Politico highlights something California voters saw for the first time this year: 5 supporters and 5 opponents for each ballot measure, right on the ballot.

Advocates protest an apparent conversion of the day after Thanksgiving to a work day, limiting the opportunities for curing mail ballot errors potentially relevant in a very tight Supreme Court race.

At least a few election workers are likely breathing just a bit easier.

Marketplace does the numbers … and I’m not sure this accounts for the value of billionaire-driven social media.

Interesting follow-up exit polling on Portland’s new system. The city’s report is here.

H/t to Sean Parnell for the new paper by Ron Rivest and Philip Stark: National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact [Koza et al., 2024] attempts to provide direct presidential elections in the U.S.

I’m really looking forward to reading this new paper in Science (Killian L. McLoughlin, William J. Brady, Aden Goolsbee, Ben Kaiser, Kate Klonick, and M. J. Crockett.) With a bonus thread by Crockett ...

Yikes. There’s a reason the Election Administrator’s unofficial prayer is “High Turnout, Wide Margins.” The challenger’s initial election contest filing effectively calling for a new election is here.

Your regular reminder that the 2024 elections aren’t over, and I’m not just talking about the counting and certifying.  Local runoffs in Georgia are today, and runoffs (and state constitutional ...

The Seattle Times reports on Monday’s appellate decision regarding violations of Washington’s disclosure law.  The state’s Public Disclosure Commission is quoted as saying the judgment is believed to ...

Here’s the AP report on a 99.88% rate for delivery within one week of 99.22 million ballots.  Along with the USPS press release and more detailed report.