Elections Workforce Research
In 2024, BPC’s Election Workforce Advisory Council awarded research grants to investigate a variety of challenges facing the elections workforce and build an empirical foundation for long-term, evidence-based solutions to workforce challenges.
The nine research projects examine topics including election official turnover, emerging technologies, funding for elections, public trust, ethics, state policies, diversity in the election workforce, and threats against election workers. Projects will be highlighted here as they are completed.
The Election Workforce Advisory Council is a joint project of the Bipartisan Policy Center and The Elections Group and is supported by the Election Trust Initiative, a nonpartisan grant-making organization working to strengthen the field of election administration.
Note: The content and views expressed in these publications are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the Elections Workforce Advisory Council, the Bipartisan Policy Center, or its advocacy arm, BPC Action.
Latest Research
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Local Officials Carry Out Safe and Secure Election Amid High Levels of HostilityBuilding on the Understanding Threats and Harassment Against Local Officials (UTH) research program, this project monitors and tracks threats and harassment against election officials to inform policy solutions to address safety issues and improve retention.
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ARTT-LEO and the Election Official's DilemmaIn collaboration with the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust for Local Election Officials (ARTT-LEO) is a training curriculum that builds election officials’ capacity to engage with the public.
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From Scarcity to Safety: Mitigating Turnover Among Local Election OfficialsResearch questions in the 2024 Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC) Local Election Official Survey reveal new findings on resource scarcity and safety concerns and their impact on local election officials’ decisions about leaving their positions.