Welcome to Elections 101 from Cause of America! This educational series covers a variety of election related topics, presented as short video explanations. This page is set up like an FAQ, so you can click on any of the links below to be taken to a brief video explanation of that topic, further down this page.
VOTER ROLLS
Why Our Voter Rolls Are Centralized
Why Did We Agree to Centralize Voter Rolls?
Who Enforces Voter Roll Accuracy?
Proof That Voter Rolls Are Neither Accurate Nor Secure
The Problem With Centralized Voter Rolls
Authentication: 2-step vs. 2-factor
Clean Slate vs. Cleaning Up Voter Rolls
VOTING
MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND BALLOT DROPBOXES
VOTING SAFEGUARDS
What Is Signature Verification?
Signature Verification: Theory vs. Reality
Signature Verification: Failed Safeguard
What Should We Do for Voter Verification?
Accepted yet Unacceptable Forms of ID
Exceptions to In-Person Voting
Who Determines Voter Disability?
A Final Thought about ADA Voters
BALLOT ADJUDICATION
Why We Have Ballot Adjudication
Problems with Ballot Adjudication
VOTING MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY
Voting Machine Corporate Track Record
Who Americans Can Trust with Our Elections
"But we use computers for everything else"
Voting Tech: Specific Problems
Voting Systems: What We Don't Know
Voting Systems: What We Should Do
NATIONAL CHANGE OF ADDRESS (NCOA) DATABASE
The Importance of NCOA Certification Documents
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTEGRITY
Why Is Data Integrity Important?
Signs of Good Data vs. Bad Data
CAST VOTE RECORDS (CVRs)
What Is a Cast Vote Record (CVR)?
Where do Cast Vote Records Come From?
How to Get Your State's Cast Vote Record (CVR)
CVRs Are Protected Election Documentation
What to Do When CVR Requests are Refused
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ELECTION 101 VIDEOS
What Is a Voter Roll?
Our Current Voter Rolls
Why Our Voter Rolls Are Centralized
Why Did We Agree to Centralize Voter Rolls?
Claims About Voter Rolls
What is HAVA?
Who Enforces Voter Roll Accuracy?
Proof That Voter Rolls Are Neither Accurate Nor Secure
The Problem With Centralized Voter Rolls
Authentication: 2-step vs. 2-factor
The Problem with ERIC
Does Your State Use ERIC?
What LOCAL Means
Why Local?
What About Efficiency?
Clean Slate vs. Cleaning Up Voter Rolls
How to Fix Our Voter Rolls
Why Not Vote Early?
Why Not Mail Your Ballot?
Why Vote In Person?
Maintaining Clean Voter Rolls
History of Mail-in Ballots
Mail-in Ballot Problems
What is a Ballot Dropbox
Ballot Dropbox Video
Bipartisan Teams
What Is Signature Verification?
Signature Verification: Theory vs. Reality
Signature Verification: Failed Safeguard
Failed Safeguard: IV-MTR
Modeled Turnout
UOCAVA Transmittal
"Secure" Ballot Paper
Security Risks and Costs
False Sense of Security
What Should We Do for Voter Verification?
Defining Identification
Accepted yet Unacceptable Forms of ID
Photo ID Examples
Exceptions to In-Person Voting
Who Determines Voter Disability?
ADA & UOCAVA Voter Secrecy
A Final Thought about ADA Voters
One-Day Voting
What is Ballot Adjudication?
Why We Have Ballot Adjudication
Problems with Ballot Adjudication
Ballot Adjudication Solutions
What is a Voting Machine?
Voting Equipment Terms
History of Voting Machines
Voting Machine Corporate Track Record
Who Can Americans Trust with Our Elections?
Types of Voting Machines
Voting Tech: General Problems
"But we use computers for everything else"
Voting Tech: Specific Problems
Voting Systems: What We Don't Know
Voting Systems: What We Should Do
New Voting Technologies
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)
What is NCOA?
NCOA Provider Tiers
NCOA Cost and Access
What NCOA Offers
NCOA Types of Moves
NCOA and Voter Rolls
NCOA Data & Accuracy
The Importance of NCOA Certification Documents
NCOA Action Items
What Is Data Integrity?
Why Is Data Integrity Important?
Signs of Good Data vs. Bad Data
Data Integrity in Your State
What is a Cast Vote Record (CVR)?
Where does the Cast Vote Record (CVR) come from?
How to Get Your State's Cast Vote Records (CVRs)
What Can We Learn from a CVR?
Why CVRs Matter
CVRs Are Protected Election Documentation
What to Do When CVR Requests Are Refused
CVRs Already Exist
What to Do with Your CVRs
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