Elections 101

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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

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

Maintaining Clean Voter Rolls

VOTING

Why Not Vote Early?

Why Not Mail Your Ballot?

Why Vote In Person?

MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND BALLOT DROPBOXES

History of Mail-in Ballots

Mail-in Ballot Problems

What is a Ballot Dropbox

Ballot Dropbox Video

VOTING SAFEGUARDS

Pollwatcher Training by Sharon Spigel

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

BALLOT ADJUDICATION

What is Ballot Adjudication?

Why We Have Ballot Adjudication

Problems with Ballot Adjudication

Ballot Adjudication Solutions

VOTING MACHINES AND TECHNOLOGY

What is a Voting Machine?

Voting Equipment Terms

History of Voting Machines

Voting Machine Corporate Track Record

Who Americans Can 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)

Hand Counting, Simplified

NATIONAL CHANGE OF ADDRESS (NCOA) DATABASE

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

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTEGRITY

What Is Data Integrity?

Why Is Data Integrity Important?

Signs of Good Data vs. Bad Data

Data Integrity in Your State

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)

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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ELECTION 101 VIDEOS

What Is a Voter Roll? 

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Our Current Voter Rolls

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Why Our Voter Rolls Are Centralized

Back to Top

Why Did We Agree to Centralize Voter Rolls?

Back to Top

Claims About Voter Rolls

Back to Top

What is HAVA? 

Back to Top

Who Enforces Voter Roll Accuracy?

Back to Top

Proof That Voter Rolls Are Neither Accurate Nor Secure

Back to Top

The Problem With Centralized Voter Rolls

Back to Top

Authentication: 2-step vs. 2-factor

Back to Top

The Problem with ERIC

Back to Top

Does Your State Use ERIC?

Back to Top

What LOCAL Means

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Why Local?

Back to Top

What About Efficiency?

Back to Top

Clean Slate vs. Cleaning Up Voter Rolls

Back to Top

How to Fix Our Voter Rolls

Back to Top

Why Not Vote Early?

Back to Top

Why Not Mail Your Ballot?

Back to Top

Why Vote In Person?

Back to Top

Maintaining Clean Voter Rolls

Back to Top

History of Mail-in Ballots

Back to Top

Mail-in Ballot Problems

Back to Top

What is a Ballot Dropbox

Back to Top

Ballot Dropbox Video

Back to Top

Pollwatcher Training with Sharon Spigel

Back to Top

Bipartisan Teams

Back to Top

What Is Signature Verification?

Back to Top

Signature Verification: Theory vs. Reality

Back to Top

Signature Verification: Failed Safeguard

Back to Top

Failed Safeguard: IV-MTR

Back to Top

Modeled Turnout

Back to Top

UOCAVA Transmittal

Back to Top

"Secure" Ballot Paper

Back to Top

Security Risks and Costs

Back to Top

False Sense of Security

Back to Top

What Should We Do for Voter Verification?

Back to Top

Defining Identification

Back to Top

Accepted yet Unacceptable Forms of ID

Back to Top

Photo ID Examples

Back to Top

Exceptions to In-Person Voting

Back to Top

Who Determines Voter Disability?

Back to Top

ADA & UOCAVA Voter Secrecy

Back to Top

A Final Thought about ADA Voters

Back to Top

One-Day Voting

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What is Ballot Adjudication?

Back to Top

Why We Have Ballot Adjudication

Back to Top

Problems with Ballot Adjudication

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Ballot Adjudication Solutions

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What is a Voting Machine?

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Voting Equipment Terms

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History of Voting Machines

Back to Top

Voting Machine Corporate Track Record

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Who Can Americans Trust with Our Elections?

Back to Top

Types of Voting Machines

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Voting Tech: General Problems

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"But we use computers for everything else"

Back to Top

Voting Tech: Specific Problems

Back to Top

Voting Systems: What We Don't Know

Back to Top

Voting Systems: What We Should Do

Back to Top

New Voting Technologies

Back to Top

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)

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What is NCOA?

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NCOA Provider Tiers

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NCOA Cost and Access

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What NCOA Offers

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NCOA Types of Moves

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NCOA and Voter Rolls

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NCOA Data & Accuracy

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The Importance of NCOA Certification Documents

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NCOA Action Items

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What Is Data Integrity?

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Why Is Data Integrity Important?

Back to Top

Signs of Good Data vs. Bad Data

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Data Integrity in Your State

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What is a Cast Vote Record (CVR)?

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Where does the Cast Vote Record (CVR) come from?

Back to Top

How to Get Your State's Cast Vote Records (CVRs)

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What Can We Learn from a CVR?

Back to Top

Why CVRs Matter

Back to Top

CVRs Are Protected Election Documentation

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What to Do When CVR Requests Are Refused

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CVRs Already Exist

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What to Do with Your CVRs

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