Other Reports

From early September through Election Day in 2024, we documented core election performance statistics in a number of states of interest, and posted them to our social media channels as well as to the Elections Performance Central website. After the election, we released the data behind the plots, all the code that we used to collect those data, and all the code we used to turn those data into plots.

This page contains memos and resources from the 2024 election on issues pertaining to election integrity. 

Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated states in the southeastern United States just as citizens were registering to vote and while some voters were already receiving and casting absentee ballots. Did the hurricanes reduce the number of people who were able to either register to vote or to cast a vote by mail? To answer the question, we looked at state- and county-level data on voter registrations and mail-in ballot activity in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina before, during, and after the two storms.

Ballot drop boxes are secure, locked structures that allow voters to cast completed absentee ballots without using the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or having to return the ballot in person. In 2020, access to ballot drop boxes expanded immensely, and since then many states have continued to provide an increased number of ballot drop boxes to provide voters with an alternative method of casting their ballots. However, several states have prohibited or limited the availability of drop boxes, citing concerns over election security and the need to vote in person.

Election observers, also called “poll watchers,” monitor voting operations to ensure the election is conducted fairly. This report discusses the requirements for election observation in several battleground states, details the types of oversight these election observers conduct, and outlines the various oversight laws in different states.

“Uncommitted” – or similar alternatives like “No Preference” or “None of the names listed”– attracted significant interest this year. However, not every primary or caucus allowed voters to vote uncommitted. To gauge the prevalence of this option, we looked into the Republican and Democratic party primaries in every state and researched whether this option existed.